Growing Pains/Pain Glow, by Crystal Snoddon

in Space, by Constantin Brancusi (b. Romania). Many copies and variations of the bird were made, from about 1926 through the late '30s.

Growing Pains/Pain Glow

older life                                  older skin
spots appearance                  you sleepless
peepers age                           in lines
and crows-feet                       lines frozen
movement                              improvement
a dermal trough                      hollow half
a syringe weighty                    jowls face
                            technology 
kick-starting                           process you    
the neck                                 elegant Botulinum
skin papery-texture                chin peaks
atrophy lips                            mouth chin
up injections                          process acid
experience thicker                 under eyes
don’t worry -                           hyaluronidase


Crystal Snoddon

This piece is a found poem sourced from pgs 25-27 of November 2016 Canadian Living Magazine article on anti-aging procedures.

It was written as part of the 20 Poem Challenge.​

Crystal Snoddon is addicted to words, and enjoys both reading and writing to make some sense of the world. Previous and forthcoming publications of poetry can be found at SickLit Magazine, Rat's Ass Review, The Quarterday Review, Poetry Breakfast among others.