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Mirrors

I have decided (I think)
that my mind has become a series
of walk-in closets.
You know, the kind with a full length mirror
on the inside of each door.

The door that I just opened
shuts and locks behind me. Looks like
I’m not going back into that room again

But that’s okay.
I look into the mirror and see
back over my shoulder
the future swarming into now
my grandchildren approaching, leading my children
my wife, my good friends
the dog
the cat

No, not the cat. She moves out of sight
to lick her paws and wash her face.
She joins the rest of those sentient beings
justifiably uninterested in my eclipsing self-reflections.

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