16 Jan 00

Image

I have seen you catch it in the mirror

as if you didn't know it was there

pausing for a moment

to admire and stare

to flex

then sigh in satisfaction

your casing

it is bound to get you stares

and I laugh

in sad amused - recognition

at the pride

displayed there

at the lack of depth

surely hidden

under the veneer

By

Everett E. Phillips, III