From the collection published in 2021, The Immediate and No Sooner.
Shadorma 298
6/25/20
new faces –
old reputations
rolled over
repainted –
we dress now in a new skin
nothing else has changed.
Shadorma 299
6/25/20
The raw boards
lie on the table
to be cut
nailed painted
put to use. The promise of
three parallel lines.
Claudia McGill Writes Poetry, Did You Know That? 
298 is so true. And we continue to be deceived. (K)
Yes. Over and over again.
The first reminds me of politics – same faces in new dresses!
Yes, I agree. It seems even if the faces change, too, they are hard to tell from the old faces!
So very true.
Both poems are excellent. I can think of several people of the type described in the first poem.
Thank you. Yes. Too often.