Sweeney 1

Alyssa Sweeney

Professor Rachel Wiley

ENGL 213

20 April 2021

Morphing Final Draft

Faces blur to-

gether – crooked
nose nostril up
wiring bent – bodies
slick with human dew
sub cortical sub
corporeal – jack
knifed brow fades
to black – white brown
motion flickers – on
the eyes the mouth
the hishertheir
cheeks that rise
that blush that
blanch that
starch – we put
on masks we take
them off we roil
against soft limbs
in our bathrooms in
our bedrooms in our
churches
in the
gyre.