Some neat twists & turns here, Bill; I especially enjoyed 2.
Doug
> On Apr 3, 2019, at 2:38 AM, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> mirror mirror
>
> on the wall
>
> who is the
>
> finest poet
>
> of them all
>
> haha P
>
> On 02/04/2019 23:14, Bill Wootton wrote:
>> Mirrors come at you
>>
>> Don’t you hate that
>>
>>
>> You’re in a hurry
>>
>> and that pace
>>
>>
>> comes right
>>
>> back at you
>>
>>
>> Think YOU’RE busy -
>>
>> what do you reckon’s
>>
>>
>> going on
>>
>> back here
>>
>>
>> 2
>>
>>
>> Things unhappen
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>> when you turn away
>>
>> from a mirror
>>
>>
>> When you return
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>> did they ever really
>>
>> happen at all
>>
>>
>> 3
>>
>>
>> A suspended pocket
>>
>> defying
>>
>> its two dimensionality
>>
>> the mirror offers
>>
>> - if not the full gamut -
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>> a persuasive portion
>>
>> of what you’d swear
>>
>> sits before your eyes
>>
>>
>> 4
>>
>>
>> Unmirrored life
>>
>> in unmirrored rooms
>>
>> or away from glass,
>>
>> far from unruffled water,
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>> even puddles,
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>> seems so
>>
>> lacking.
>>
>>
>> We do
>>
>> and are seen doing,
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>> doubly,
>>
>> in mirrorland.
>>
>> Some comfort
>>
>> to know
>>
>> we’re never really
>>
>> alone
>>
>>
>> bw
>>
Douglas Barbour
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