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Poem of the Week | Would I shatter by Ruth Ennis

I don’t think 

I’ve ever seen 

A mirror in 

My dreams

Maybe 

The worlds 

I build are

Too flat 

To reflect 

Beyond

My own 

Plane 

I don’t think 

I’ve ever seen 

People’s faces

In my dreams

Maybe a point 

Of a nose 

Or a curve 

Of a cheek 

But no blinking 

Eyelashes

No peeling skin

On smirking lips

Maybe 

In my dreams

My face is also

A blank canvas 

That I don’t know 

How to fill in


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