see a lot of people 

walking around

 

with scratched

-out faces 

 

rubbed out with a pen 

or a fingertip

 

they seem to go on with things 

with less enthusiasm 

 

not letting themselves 

be stopped by relationships

 

I was one of those people 

with scratched out faces 

 

I drew over it 

a smile and mustache 

 

For a while 

I just had to fake it

 

until she deleted

the images