right hand pointing

 

     

Carolyn Adams

what do you see?


 
Portal

right hand
pointing


 

I ask the mirror if it can smell my
perfume.  Yes, it says, like a shaved
Japanese flower--& can you smell mine?
Yes, I say, the completely smooth water
of it.  Yes I can smell yours.  Thank you.

Oh no, the mirror says,
thank you
for coming through
in pieces.

You will live in me until I
crack.

 Stella Brice, from "You Should Ask The Mirror What It Knows"