The Nose
Mask carved by Ida Sutarja, Mas, Bali
The Nose
Carving the inside of a mask
Held on the floor between my feet.
Mallet hits chisel.
A curlicue of Hibiscus wood
Flies in a delicate arc
And lands
Like a dragonfly
On my splayed knee cap.
Making space for where my nose will go.
Bali, Spring, 2011
