I have sat in that room

The one with the simple
lettering on the door

Where all the others
smile and murmur
sound without speaking
just creating the correct background level
through accord

The hum beneath us
the way it carries the day aside
moves us within the required parameters
and delivers us to the conclusions
carefully typed out on the neat
unfolded foolscap placed before us

I have sat there
smiling/murmuring

Although sometimes
you will see my face slough off

just tuck the skin back in place
please
I would hate for anyone else to see

And if I shudder
and begin to move out of perspective

Try to continue
don't draw attention to the
obviousness of my disappearance

I will return
murmuring apologies
smiling indulgences
and sitting quietly