Green Eyes

this is how impossible it is
to pretend you don’t have hair
anymore,
or do,
or don’t have
green eyes or blue
one missing tooth or two, a nostril
larger than its other there

in the mirror you pull it up,
cover your forehead with a hand
scribble a mustache in magic marker
or place a finger over it
stretch your lips
squint

this is what i would look like
if i didn’t look like what i do
if i took
action
if i was born different or cut different
or dyed or pierced
or not