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the big shave
I learnt it through trial and error -
Almost bandaged white,
and carved out;
My face held only broad concepts,
a mouth; chin;
ears.
I heard Scorsese directed something similar
as an allegory for Vietnam;
His set design, nuanced,
framing, perfect and
editing, sublime -
the short ends,
with a shot contained in gore.
So beautiful is the thing that starts with subtlety
but finishes in violence.
I continued to douse the cheek.
Almost bandaged white,
and carved out;
My face held only broad concepts,
a mouth; chin;
ears.
I heard Scorsese directed something similar
as an allegory for Vietnam;
His set design, nuanced,
framing, perfect and
editing, sublime -
the short ends,
with a shot contained in gore.
So beautiful is the thing that starts with subtlety
but finishes in violence.
I continued to douse the cheek.
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