About Face

by Michael Dylan Welch, John S Green, and Alan S. Bridges

First published in Frogpond 48:3, Autumn 2025, page 79. Originally written 21 June 2025 between South Beach and Seal Rock, Oregon.

dinner club haze

the magician

twirls his moustache Michael

again the poker player

strokes his soul patch John

traveling circus

25 cents to see

the bearded lady Alan

the retired professor’s

magnificent mutton chops Michael

barbershop quartet

all the goatees

bobbing in rhythm John

at closing time

the usher’s five-o’clock shadow Alan