we
so desperately
try not
to see
how time’s passed
we blame
failing eyes
for
the face in the mirror
and
move quickly by
as if
an apparition
has
inhabited
the glass
but
tomorrow’s view
remains the same
just older
seems like
there’s no place
to hide
ah
but
there’s makeup
guaranteed
to make you young
to smooth out
the lines
as if
you’re completely blind
but
you must use
the mirror
for years mary lou worked for the town’s only doctor’s wife taking care of her children preparing meals cleaning her house and ushering away the numerous gin bottles scattered all over the house like dust bunnies so the good doctor wouldn’t find them but this refined lady let mary lou go saying women like her needed one of those foreign housekeepers not just an old colored lady so mary lou let go too of all those well-kept secrets all over town
the keys to hell have been placed outside your door an express delivery no signature needed your life has certified the delivery good news is you’ve been given a room with a view where you can watch the living hell you’ve created for others but the bad news is you’ll feel their pain
she carefully carved away what was left of his pride from fossilized memories of love and romance leaving him standing alone on the dance floor under garish lights while she finished her drink by flickering candlelight listening to ocean waves in the comfort of his home with the doors locked
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