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Retinol Rant

Retinol Rant

when ‘ya

go and buy a jar

of cream

for yo face

and apply it at nighttime

like the directions say

and you expect to see a difference

in those lines under yo eyes

but wake up blinking and thinking

whoa … wait a minute

what!

WHAT THE L

this wrinkle cream

was supposed to fade the lines

not indent them into the skin

and multiply ‘em by 10

OVERNIGHT

I mean

really

REALLY

that lady with the great skin

on the tube

lied

SHE LIED

that jar of retinol she’s been religiously using fer three years

mighta made her skin smooth and wrinkle-free

but all it did fer me

was sear my skin

with scraping fork tracks

plowed under my eyes

like tire tracks on the beach

after it rains

I literally looked better

before

BEFORE

TL

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