Portrait Poem by Lewis Bosworth

friday is a big day
a new formal
portrait for me.
book's back cover
momentous.

of greater or lesser
import
>corn pollination
<obama's
birth certificate.
>sondheim in the
park.

beauty before age
cover up the
turkey waddles
in my neck
wear a turtle-
neck with a cross
or brooch.

two poses
one with
eyeglasses,
one without.
cover up
lines under my
baby blues.
air brush pre-ca
spot on nose.

dark colors or
light
consult fashion
mavens or
lean cuisine.
headband, rings.
elusive youth's
fountain.

photog with
funny name
chooses.
expertise photos
or tech savant.
digital, smile
or blink.

dear.

shave and haircut
two bits and
then some more.