The nose determines who you are.
If your nose is too big, you’ll never be a star.
Or too small, the scientist will add.
My nose is average, but why am I sad?
Why do I sleep until ten while my ex commutes?
He thought of me—while I was dreaming—
as he got on the wrong platform. In my dream it was a podium—
a speech on stems and roots.
But I’ve seen personalities make plain faces exciting
and don’t forget the beautiful neck and the height and the eyes
and the dreams and the proximity
even on the phone, when the one you thought you loved cries.