face-a-doodle-do

face-a-doodle-do

some look glum but aren’t
some look grim and are
some reveal and some conceal
and some are just so far

saw a mad one shuddered
saw a doll admired her
squint in the mirror makes clearer and clearer
age always makes us look tireder

changing with weather and shadows
moods and events lifestyles races
what a kaleidoscope much more than i’d a hoped
fashion or freak show of faces