Beguile

2006

Black reflection stares at me;

Skewed and stretched out of place.

I’m sitting opposite myself with a lamp.

 

Black reflection's just an eyelid closed.

When it opens, it sees me and begins…

To teach me;

 

Begins to tell me

But I can still see myself in the eye.

 

Palindrome hum beguiles to breach me,

Begins to sing to me.

A Siren drawing me into the new channel.

 

Jagged and sharp-- penetrating

My own eye -- interjection!

Lubricated images coat my pupils

With a translucent film.

 

Clearly I can see…

Clearly I can see unclear,

 

When I turn my head and stare

Out the window

At life under a power line.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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