the other you…”Looky here,” my poem

the other you…”Looky here,” my poem

the ugly bears…

 

 

Looky here

 

I didn’t mean to look at me.

I guess I wasn’t really having that much fun

   in the Fun House.

What was I thinking when I ate cotton candy

   as a kid and thought it was great?

The stuffed animals aren’t really cute…

   where do they buy the ugly bears?

I was alone, I guess that says a lot…

   who walks around alone in the Fun House?

 

Anyway, I passed the goofy, wavy mirror

   and I guess I couldn’t help it,

I looked at it quick, I didn’t really stop,

I saw me, shattered, in layers, quivery,

even if I’d had a smile on my face

   I’m not sure smiles show up in those things.

I kept walking, and I was thinking

   about what I really look like,

and I guess I realized a mirror

   probably never tells the whole story,

because the other you might have

   a different point of view.

 

May 28, 2018

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