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POEMS DESCRIBING SOMEONE

May replace passport photos.
Often the subject is at rest,
Isolated from a group, or otherwise
Imagined as an individual
More than the sum of a series of quirks
("Reality effects")

The poems generally are forced
To jettison run-of-the-mill data

The ideal such description
Will give you a sense
Of how someone's eyes flash
When they're walking and talking

Or how the lip of the person in question
Curls in response to embarrassment
And how the curl differs from the one
That comes with feelings of pleasure

Whether the person would make a good elected official

A poem describing someone
Ought to make clear whether it's possible to love them