Exquisite Corpse, Installment 2

Where the Truth Lies

The makeup artist worked his magic to hide
rude fact. These three women have been
scraped beautiful and told to look like family,
the oldest kept wrinkled to maintain the illusion
of wisdom and benevolence. But behind
their stretched lips
pulled back in rictus imitation smile, each
line of straight teeth morphs at night
into sharpened fangs,
drinking away years of good deeds:
life on the rocks. The glass is empty, but
the smiles will never reveal the truth.

~LLC, ASC, JLSC, DLB