Tightening—
Not a face-lift, exactly—
More a face that will be
Wrinkled in the future
Like it really matters
What I do to my skin
After years of
Childhood beach days
With no idea
What sun block was.
Why block sun?
Tanning lotion—
With coconut oil
Is where it's at—
You smell good,
Had shining brown skin
And looked much better
Wearing white.
Coppertone was all about the
Tanned, white-butted
Baby,
Not the ghostly white
Children screaming up the
Street today.
They don't know the naked
Kiss of the sun
The alchemy of
White to brown to white again
Year after year
The hair blonde on top
Brown underneath
They only know
Endless seasons of
Pale.