Thai woman selling bananas at floating market (2019). Photo by Gaetana Pipia.
Painted Faces
I’ve never seen an ugly face
Whether stoic, sad, or lit by smile
Round or sunken
Sun-kissed or sun-weathered
Smooth as stone
Or creased with life
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Such beauty in their lines I find
That passing strangers come to be
Painted into memory
In dream admired eternally
Their portraits hung
With each its place
Written by Gaetana Pipia @gaetanawrites