A Prospective War Zone You pull the front door shut and depart with a pain not unlike the pain I grimly bear at my beauty salon each time the manicurist digs a trench around my nails' boundary to nip unsightly skin that isn't quite thick but is thickening.
A Prospective War Zone You pull the front door shut and depart with a pain not unlike the pain I grimly bear at my beauty salon each time the manicurist digs a trench around my nails' boundary to nip unsightly skin that isn't quite thick but is thickening.
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What the poem says to/about/for this country/nation/people – Filipino
![A Prospective War Zone
You pull the front door shut
and depart
with a pain not unlike the pain
I grimly bear at my beauty salon
each time the manicurist digs a trench
around my nails' boundary
to nip unsightly skin
that isn't quite thick
but is thickening.](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F4e9e802c-7b9f-445f-a02d-ee864906a323%2F234be5bf-4b08-4bf1-b6d6-54f1340ed718%2Fp2lng3r_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:A Prospective War Zone
You pull the front door shut
and depart
with a pain not unlike the pain
I grimly bear at my beauty salon
each time the manicurist digs a trench
around my nails' boundary
to nip unsightly skin
that isn't quite thick
but is thickening.
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