JW Drake lives and writes poetry and other things in North Carolina.
He has had work published in "Nefarious Ballerina," "Red Ochre
Press," "Line Zero," "Red Booth Review," and other small but
extremely intelligent printed and e-publications. He will always
appreciate more.
Face Paint
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Getting the face right depends a lot on the colors,
black may make for cruelty or laughter,
white can be happy or hateful or dead,
and red raises hopes or burns them in the fire.
