Poem Category: In the Mirror

Bedroom mirror

the fan’s rattle

re-winding the heat.

Rocking chair

in – – out of the mirror

grandmother’s crochet.

Garden path

ants black with acid

up the school boy’s stick.

In the mirror

more seeds from the cage

near the free-bird’s song.

In the mirror

the self-drawing slips

from Laurel’s hand.

In the mirror

deflating on the floor

a child’s birthday balloons.

Lake mirror

how the stallion guards

the mare’s drinking.

Dentist’s mirror

the cavity

of so much pain.

On the mirror

a fly crawls over

the fruit bowl’s apple.

In the mirror

licking at her sleep

the Labrador’s tongue.