Do Not Go Creas´ed Into that Good Night
Do not go crease`d into that good night,
Though your black beard is needled grey,
Rage, rage against time’s wrinkling flight.
Wise men’s turkey necks wobble a trite,
Unctuous lotions melt the crepe away,
Do not go creas´ed into that good night.
Marionette lines* do your mirror slight,
Your puppet mistress strolls and strays,
Rage, rage against time’s wrinkling flight.
Crow’s feet** caw at liver spots in light,
Iris fades, lips thin and lashes fray,
Do not go crease`d into that good night.
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Nasio-labial folds are a drooping blight,
Botulinum*** pricks old drinking sins away,
Rage, rage against time’s wrinkling flight.
And you, blank browed one, trim and tight,
Fish eyed, fat lipped, smoothly gay,
Do not go crease`d into that good night,
Rage, rage against time’s wrinkling flight.
*Marionette lines, nasio-labial folds, are cosmetic surgery terms for lines and folds which run from nose through to chin.
**Crows feet and liver spots are common names for lines around the eyes and dark spots on aging skin.
***Clostridium Botulinum is a bacteria which produces the Botulinum toxin, a nerve toxin which in minute dosage is used as Botox Dysport, to treat various spastic medical conditions and also to disable wrinkle producing muscle movements.
Maria is a practicing performance poet and vocalist from a Greek Australian background. Emphasis on ‘practicing’. Predictably, Maria has a day job: teaching. A body of poetic work: ‘The Body’s Light’ is in progress. ‘Villanelle for Skin’, is from this collection.
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