There!

Embarrass yourself,
embalm the shell
you sell short with
outrageous acts,
stuck to chest
as bells tacked
to a sweater.
A few days
of well-meaning,
full-hearted
and dumb
display,
and you might
move through
life better, or,
at least,
they will begin
to know you,
they of course
beginning
and ending
with yourself.