I
Am The Mirror Lied
I
brushed my hair feeling the bristles scrape my scalp like thousands
of tiny warriors, swords alert. My hair was dry. A lock held in
my hand resembled fiberglass angels hair. Illusory, shimmering,
dead.
I
raised my hand to my face and watched the blood tiptoe back to
my heart. The veins abandoned bulged with resentment. Their festive
colours belying their morbidity.
My
eyes, hollow tunnels leading to an unfinished roadway, deceptively
present.
I
am, the mirror lied.
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To
Simon
My
love is gone, gone gone
He
ordered won ton ton
Chop,
chop, chop it's done.
White
linen, beige food
the
mark of indecision spills onto the menu
I
stand marooned in column A while there he is in column "B"
All
you can eat, yet I go hungry as I scream cheese and he sucks noodles.
The
clock that commands I drink Pepsi counts down the last minutes
of our love while the waiter checks his pockets.
The
exit leads to nowhere and the floor is beneath me.
At
one point I envied the ducks hanging upside down in the window
At
least they knew where they stood.
I
am a moo goo gai pan-handler of love
Forgive
me MSG-sus I know not what I've done.
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Escape
is Near
Silent
footsteps echo in my only mind, reminding me of another place
another time.
The
boards long trodden accept the weight of memory. Yesterday today
tomorrow-not yet.
Instant
flicker: present becomes past, the boards groan.
Halfway
in between nowhere, I reach for the stars but my hands are slapped
by tradition.
Feebly
I search for the exit but the chuckling maws their grasping paws
tap, tap.
The
air is hollow my lungs exploding with an uncried cry of freedom.
Escape
is near.
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Sing
To My Soul
The
birds flying aimlessly, unguided their cries of joy unheeded by
man. I stand and watch untethered unalone. The waves lap against
the sand as a soda can swims desperately to shore a symbol of
man's triumph over nature.
The
lovers embrace unaware, I turn my eyes to the sun and beg reach
as the wind sings to my soul.
