Wednesday, April 6, 2022

compact mirror

Looking

At myself

In the compact

Mirror 

Of my car


I adjust to

See the angles,

The facets


And cut

My eyes

To look

In the convex mirror

On the side 


the glass

Above


Looking 

at myself

Put on 

lipstick


The small light shines

And the glare

Of my eyes is bright 

in the dim, muted dark


I watch

A person behind 

me pump gas


I shut 

The visor

like a compact 

mirror


Spreading the 

lipstick 

even

By

puckering


seconds 

before 

you enter 


watching

from the rearview 

mirror 


I put the key

in the 

ignition


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