People
My face looks like a wedding-cake left out in the rain.
— W.H. Auden
Behind the line May contain spoilers.
Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
The speaker paints a vivid, unflattering self-portrait: their face looks like a wedding cake that's been abandoned in the rain, all sagging, softened and streaked. It's a self-deprecating metaphor about looking weathered and worn down.
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