MIRROR
A small scar,
the ghost of pain.
Fragile flesh
falling away from twin nostrils.
Patchy skin color
dark mole
and scalp scratching -
all your inferior forms.
Listen -
bird song from the clearness of the foothills
while you're
alternating bloodless lips and pointed nose,
placing all your faith in a mirror
a melting mask
and purveyors of wrinkle creams
in the battle for your exterior soul.
In the depths of the mirror,
self-confidence is fully aware
it could lose this one
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Mirror
by John Grey
John Grey is an Australian poet and US resident who recently published in New World Writing, North Dakota Quarterly, and Lost Pilots. The latest books, ”Between Two Fires”, “Covert”, and “Memory Outside the Head”, are available through Amazon. Work is upcoming in California Quarterly, Seventh Quarry, La Presa, and Doubly Mad.
