fard

fard, [fahrd] noun

to apply cosmetics

Funny how farding sounds so much like 
farting. But isn't it inappropriate
the way some women do it?
You watch them in the mornings
on the subway or bus
making those wide-open faces:
ridiculous mouths yawning,
eyes agape. These women
attack themselves with wands
like miniature, bristled trees
and pointed pencils like javelins.
If you want to be seen, I see you.
I cannot help but look at you.
Your queer expressions mesmerize

like actors in black and white movies. 

When the subway car jolts, will you

juggle your eyeball before it lands
on the floor? Or will your hands fly
to your mouth, painted with surprise
and shaped with a harlot's O?