Author: Ayşe Tekşen
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THE (FALLEN) ART OF MAKEUP
First, cover what’s a must;dark circlesand red spots,and then, pores should be diminishedto the smallest acres of skin flecks, and then—then, skin should glow and be pink— some fake health on the surface of the surface.Spread foundation even and equal everywhere—regardless of high and low, cheek or chin. Forehead must come closeto a pure whiteness…
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THE BLUE BOOK
I imagine his book of poetry to be blue—Cover blue, spine blue, pages, poems, blueMe, blue him to make blue That he exists bluely and glued To the notion of me praying for more poems To arrive from his side of life to my sad here. His signature is missing where signs speak Of the…