they'll raze her face is still sturdy enough to conceal the beating the rest of her body has taken. she sits on a stool to be spoken to. brown hair pulled back and feathered against her forehead. her voice is soft and deeper than it should be until she smiles and the lift in her lips makes her whole again. she says she's backed by the establishment. it isn't an admission of guilt. it's the name of her band. she holds up two fingers and says she needs to call a friend. code for the coke she aims to cop. the music video for her new_single was filmed in this same rundown roller sink. over a beat she borrowed from a carribean king she sings, "i know they'll be watching us. say you'll whisper in my ear." it doesn't matter who they are. their eyes are always at our throats. 251012 what's it to you? who go blather from