Fair question, Pat. Perhaps , Max, you snapped your upraised phone-camera holding arms? You and KRudd - selfie sort of guys now it seems.
Bill
On 02/10/2013, at 6:05 PM, Patrick McManus wrote:
> Max what did you actually snap in the men's room? Was it that
> 'personal-personal' so only for private circulation?? We need to know P
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of Max Richards
> Sent: 02 October 2013 08:35
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Fwd: 'My Selfie'
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>> My Selfie
>>
>> In the elegant cafe
>> our lunch companion said
>> 'Check out the men's room,
>> it's even more elegant.'
>>
>> I went, I saw, I admired.
>> Took out my iPhone
>> and snapped it: mirror -
>> inelegant me - and all.
>>
>> Back at the table, they said:
>> 'Max, that's a selfie!
>> Is that your first?'
>> It was.
>>
>> How narcissistic am I?! -
>> no more than all the rest
>> snapping their selfies
>> and publishing them.
>>
>> The world's mirrors
>> are crowded, iPhones
>> near universal.
>> I'm writing this on one -
>>
>> for private circulation.
>> Maybe I won't look my age
>> if it doesn't show my face.
>> Does it make me look OK?
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