INCOGNITO

by Eve Robson
(Summerland, B.C. Canada)

She wants
to show you
her original face...

primordial...authentic

The one she had
before her parents
conceived her

The one she had
before her father ever said
it was dumb and ugly

The one she had
before her mother ever left
a hand print on it...

or caused her
to hide it in shame

The one she had
before she covered it...

with a thick...fake

impermeable mask.