I'VE GROWN ACCUSTOMED TO NO FACE

(spoken)

Alright...it's been two weeks since my second vaccine, the governor's dropped the mask mandate cause he's a fucking idiot, so I guess I can go out unencumbered!

(Grabs her purse, starts to leave, stops) 


(music)

Damn! Damn! Damn! Damn!
I've grown accustomed to no face
No features from the eyes to chin
I've grown accustomed to the hiding
The mask has been providing,
No lipstick smears
Or chin-plucked tears

I just don't  care when I go out
Cause no one cares what is within

Sure I miss beguiling smiles and playing the coquette,
The lazy grin, the knowing smirk, the pouting lips...and yet.
I've grown accustomed to the mask,
The funny, muffled voice
Accustomed to...no...face.