You look fine, Max. If only one 'selfie' in a life, youre okay...
They dont sound all that elegant...
Doug
On 2013-10-02, at 1:34 AM, Max Richards <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 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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