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About Face


The mirror calling deepest

is the one that you avoid

Images run left then right

your back turned paranoid 

 

Unwillingness to turn around

in fear of what you’ll see

Illusion as your proffered choice

—reflection waits unseen

 

(Dreamsleep: April, 2023)

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