YELLOW TAIL

MY TRANSLUCENT MASK IS
RUNNING THIN SO I
APPLIED A LAYER
OF LOTION TO
MY FACE
TO MAKE IT SEEM
LIKE COMMUNICATION
WAS STILL
OK
BUT FOUND MYSELF
USING MY NAPKIN
TO WIPE
UP THE DRIPS
AND SLIPPING ON
THE RESIDUE
AND FALLING
ONTO THE CONCRETE.
I LOOKED UP
AND SAW EYES STARING AT ME.
ASKING ME QUESTIONS.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY
SO I LOOKED PASSED THEM.
UNFOCUSED AND REFOCUSED
ON THE CLOUDS
PASSING
ABOVE THEIR
HEADS.
THEY WERE MOVING FAST.
SO WAS I.
SOMETIMES I WISH
I WAS THE SKY
INSTEAD OF THE CLOUDS.
THINGS WOULDN'T
BE
SO
RUSHED.