The Mirror

 Obsession.

War.

 

I saw you looking.

        

         I don’t care.

 

Yes, you do. I saw you checking.

 

         No, I wasn’t. I don’t care.

 

I saw you. In the mirror.

 

         I don’t care.

 

Just for that, I’m going to give you another one.

 

         Another what? Grey hair? Wrinkle?

 

You’ll have to wait and see.

 

         Damn you! Stop giggling.

 

I’m not the one you have to worry about. I just hag you.

I don’t kill you.

 

         I don’t want to live forever. Do I? But I don’t

want to die yet, either. I still have too

 

much to do.

 

Silence.

 

                  I practice keeping my face perfectly still.

                  No smile lines, crow’s feet, frown lines.

 

Yes there are.

 

         Shut up! Damn you!

 

I thought you said you didn’t care?

 

         I don’t. Maybe just a little.

 

Vanity?

        

         No.

 

You’re aging and you can’t stop it!

 

Silence.

Author's Note

Published in May 2007 in my book reflections of perceptions.

Reviews

[KAREN]

Love this, aging is something we all face, but being humorous about it helps> Nicely done.

[Samuel Dickens]

I hope I haven't interpreted this wrong, but I sense some good-natured humor, you more or less pestering yourself in the mirror. As age piles upon me like great heaps of Autumn leaves, I laugh at myself in a similar way.

[Rie Sheridan Rose]

Excellent. I like the byplay between you and the mirror. Frankly, I don't see the humor everyone else does, but maybe it is because I am closer to it. :)

[Tigerlobo]

this is f*****g hilarious!!!! you're in the finals!!!!

[{Angel Redd}[Formerly A..]

I like this very much; humorous, but with a touch of unease. Gives it a nice balance. I like the reiteration of "I don't care."