| Crooked Smiles 23 |
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| A LAMINATED SMILE
The big birthday....A new driver's license with a fantastic photo Laughing..I show it to everyone amazed that this came from a two second snap of a camera. Stern faced lady at the DMV You will never know what that meant to me. I am glad it is laminated....for eternity. Days later... I take out my license to cash a check and the clerk studies my face "It's called Bells Palsy" I reply though she hasn't said a word. My face is frozen like the ice-cream in my cart I am trying to connect through my good eye A tear trickles down my cheek from the one I can't blink. Stonefaced..she hands me my receipt and sends me on my way. Debi Drecksler |
| MIRROR, MIRROR Mirror, mirror, on the wall That isn't like my face at all! It's some cheap trick, a strange new blip I know my face, that's not my lip. It drools, it droops, my cheek is tight My nose won't wrinkle, that's not right! Mirror, mirror, when I blink It looks more like a flirty wink. And why the tears? And why the ache? Sometimes it's just too much to take. I don't sleep well, I've got so fat. How do I deal with all of that? But mirror, mirror, what you see Is just the superficial me. The person that I am inside Would smile, would laugh and wouldn't hide. I will be strong, I'll pass this test. Oh yes - and most of all - I'll rest! Pauline |
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