Thursday, June 01, 2006

The Artist

In the poem I am not myself
But the image of myself held aloft
And examined,
Like Escher’s globe into which the room
Is curved (while it reflects
The mustache curving
Around its corners,
The eyes that hold,
Like mirrors, their own surprise)
Leaving only the steely nails
Unsaid, only the uncupped hand.

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