:

‘Look at this’ he said,
but she didn’t turn her head
or slide her eyes. She was fixed
on the handbag in the mud:
its mouth locked
open -- having spewed

an eyelash-brush; an eyebrow
pencil; a lipstick tube; rouge.
‘Look at this’ he said, again,
but she wouldn’t let him see
the mascara streak her cheeks.