#2,371 Such
Such full lust
[for any to look
at how great one looks] –
her
need will not be served well –
vanities scratched for a brief
reprise
[time & ageing’ll pull
on loose skin –
never enough
hours in a day to fix oneself]
& similar long complaints to
mirrors
[perfection costs too
much on so many floors] –
A
home echoes more loudly if
it offers no love –
Looking on
looking glass shows a void –
auld women struggle before
& auld men struggle after –
a
reflection on us –
They build
micro-palaces on an estate –
places where we die to wait
for self-fulfilling prophecies
to blossom –
mother before
her
[in such circumstances]