Flay the Finish

A younger, naturalistic surreal portrait among black minerals, tools, liquid shapes and a muted pink mouth.

[All]

popping

bubbled hate

[meat heaving]

you cock-a-doodle

don't.

slits

slashed in pale attention

[g]owns

your talons

shift

[sea-pitched]

+ court instead

a lathered

f[l]eathered

st[b]one.

all wall-eyed foam

[+ smeared-out renderings]

you r[gl]ot and cretin t[r]umble

blank sclera

h[k]issing

+ scrabbling through a supposed expert mire.

showing *this* coated self

you [f]unction-pile

+ flay

the finish line.

'Flay the Finish' explores online bigotry and misinformation related to gender identity, appearance and aging. Click the Mezangelle elements on and off and click/touch/drag across each image to unveil differences. Created by Mez Breeze.

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Move a pointer or trace with one finger to paint a changing image into view. Click or tap the poem text to toggle its bracketed elements off and on. Use the sound and volume controls for the original soundtrack. Use arrow keys, swipe, or the page controls to move through eight pages.