Face I Never Made

3:48 on dryer 12

You turned your phone beneath the bell
Explained the woman in this frame
(A face I never made)
There I was kissing him under green light
My red wool coat, my mouth, my height
You held that picture like a witness warning
I said, that's not me
You zoomed on the frame
You asked where I went last Saturday night
I watched ten years lose to a screen that bright
Same eyes glowing, same red coat
Wrong life moving in my clothes

You trusted what looked like me
(A face I never made)
Moving in the frame
My red coat, the north sky
Under is the pharmacy
Clock showed the wrong time
You trusted those pixels more than mine
Not my face
Look at the wrist
Not my life
Look what you believe

My sister came in with her chip blue nail
Pinched a clip
Why buy the detergent sale?
Your crescent scar's gone
That clock never moves
And rain can't follow through somebody's shoes
Somebody taught it how my smile should bend and sold you Lie with my skin at the end

(A face I never made)
(A face I never made)
Moving in the frame
My red coat, the north sky
Under is the pharmacy
Clock showed the wrong time
You trusted those pixels more than mine

At 4-06 my phone flashed the claim

Altered media printed under my name
You reached for my hand and said I believe
But proof was easier than trusting me

The machine went quiet
I put on my code
You knew the image
You did not know me

(A face I never made)
Moving in the frame
My red coat, but no scar on the wrist
The pharmacy clock showed the wrong time
You trusted those pixels more than mine

Dry or empty
Screen says false
My coat says leave
Screen says false