Mirror
The attraction is not
unexpected. We see
what is placed
before us, not
what may be.
The mirror is empty
until approached.
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One of six short poems included in my micro-chapbook, You Break What Falls. Available for free download here: http://www.origamipoems.com/poets/236-robert-okaji
“Mirror” first appeared here in May 2015.
O at the Edges 
My copy is on my shelf. 😉
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Then I’m certain that it is in good company!
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So wise and with a dollop of humour!
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A poem from the mid-80s. I was much wiser then!
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Weren’t we all LOL!
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