Wednesday, January 26, 2022

Some mornings


Some mornings

the mirror is a stranger,

a fiction.

The freak of night

has snaked out

from dreams

and stands here in my stead.


Some mornings

I sleep through my reflection

and an automaton

scrapes the stubble from my face

ignorant of hazard.


Some mornings

the witchy question

doesn't seem appropriate

and fairest

is farthest

from my lips.


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