[Poem]
You find the black tube inside her beauty case where she keeps your father's old prison letters
You desperately want to look like her
You look nothing like your mother
You look everything like your mother
Film star beauty
How to wear your mother's lipstick
You go to the bathroom to apply your mother's lipstick Somewhere no one can find you
You must wear it like she wears disappointment on her face
Your mother is a woman and women like her cannot be contained Mother dearest, let me inherit the earth
Teach me how to make him beg. Let me make up for the years he made you wait
Did he bend your reflection?
Did he make you forget your own name? Did he convince you he was a god?
Did you get on your knees daily? Do his eyes close like doors?
Are you a slave to the back of his head?
Am I talking about your husband or your father?