Provenance

Photo by Oleg Ivanov on Unsplash

Provenance is a trick,
a tailor-made tale for the tourist
that flock, to gawk
at my vacillations.

They come
to lean into my damp hair,
to toy with my damp face,
to pry upon my damp lips.

To swallow another mouthful…
Something forgetful,
something awful,