If you are strolling past
the tired houses, you may
hear the old matriarchs cry,
'look, look in the last
looking-glass my girl,
you are beautiful�.

Her mirror frowns,
little pieces of beauty
adorn the threadbare floor,
she likes the pretty prisms,
they speak to her of
shattered ugliness,
a denial she can afford.


shalome � 2004


Pretty Prisms
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