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> On 3 Apr 2019, at 6:14 am, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> 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 -
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> what do you reckon’s
> 
> 
> going on
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> back here
> 
> 
> 2
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> 
> Things unhappen
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> when you turn away
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> from a mirror
> 
> 
> When you return
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> did they ever really
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> happen at all
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> 
> 3
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> 
> A suspended pocket
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> defying
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> its two dimensionality
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> the mirror offers
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> - if not the full gamut -
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> a persuasive portion
> 
> of what you’d swear
> 
> sits before your eyes
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> 
> 4
> 
> 
> Unmirrored life
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> in unmirrored rooms
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> or away from glass,
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> far from unruffled water,
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> even puddles,
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> seems so
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> lacking.
> 
> 
> We do
> 
> and are seen doing,
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> doubly,
> 
> in mirrorland.
> 
> Some comfort
> 
> to know
> 
> we’re never really
> 
> alone
> 
> 
> bw
> 
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