thinnest on the eyelids
thickest on the feet
sometimes cells sleep
or slough clustering by
cluster in kitchen corner
corners things hidden
below (secret things)
stratified layers that burn
off fast leaving
baby-soft black boxes
of dutiful silence
underneath (shhh)
quiet in the eye
quick on the feet
but slumped tough
in the aftermath of after
thickest on the feet
sometimes cells sleep
or slough clustering by
cluster in kitchen corner
corners things hidden
below (secret things)
stratified layers that burn
off fast leaving
baby-soft black boxes
of dutiful silence
underneath (shhh)
quiet in the eye
quick on the feet
but slumped tough
in the aftermath of after