Palette of scar pink,
off-white and red,
grey-black swirl
around the eyes,
through the hair:
time-darkening.

How does one convey jealousy?
Greed? Envy? Lust?

Once sketched,
roughen the edges,
add tension in the jaw,
mouth closed,
eyebrows raised
to invoke pity,
feed the sleep
coiled below the eyes.

It's a deeper kind of tired
as one who sleeps but never
rests.

He craves extinction at his
darkest but he continues on
because

03/03/2011

Posted on 03/04/2011
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