asperity

patience run thin
like mascara in
a double rain
and pain onslaught
the inky black
dissolving and
painting washed out
watercolor cheeks
in volcano ash hues
as flicks of mud
freckle the calf
fleeing the asperity
of heartbreak's
perversity
feet pound out
the proclamation
couched in cliche
not good enough
not smart enough
not pretty enough
not funny enough
not enough
not again
not today