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Mirror Horror

MIRROR HORROR Mirror, mirror on the wall Is it me I see at all ? I part my hair on the left every night He parts his hair on the right, I am a right-handed breed But he has a southpaw lead. If I use two mirrors to correct the reversal The guy I see is more universal: Looks like anybody in the street Not someone you’d particularly like to meet. The more I see him the less I like the face Time has turned it into disgrace. My admiration of him is somewhat colder Every year as I get a little older. Thinner and thinner, the brown hair fades, With rapidly passing decades: Before that face becomes too crass I’ll get rid of that looking-glass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Entered in Matt Caliri’s Contest - Mirror

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Date: 11/26/2011 6:20:00 AM
Hi Sidney... first of all thank you for your praise of my little poem.I appreciate it. Now for this gem of yours. Oustanding. I was trying in my muse to come up with something for this contest along these lines (or wrinkles) and couldn't seem to. This one of yours knocks the proverbial socks off. Love it and wish I had written it! A simple ingenious and masterful write on the theme. I expect a high win for this one. Into my favs
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