(interview with the maskmaker by his wife)


living in a house of masks
is not for everybody
but it is real

the proportions of a mask
belie the ratio
of its invitation

what the heart desires
will not be had
without a mask

a mask is not an enemy
a mask is not a lie
it is a method

to have and hold a face
to have and hold a want
with the un-willing

to try and try again
to turn and turn away
the many willing ways

when a mask completes its turn
from the mouth is born
a lover in reverse


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Phaedrus: (as Lysias, cont.)

(on the one hand)
holding (echein)
agreement (suggnome)
with the un-willing (aekousios)

(on the other)
trying (peiraein)
to turn away (apotrepein)
the willing (ekousioa)

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τῶν μὲν ἀκουσίων συγγνώμην ἔχων

τὰ δὲ ἑκούσια πειρώμενος ἀποτρέπειν

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previously

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