A mirror could tell youIf you bothered to listenWith an imaginative earIt is unresponsive to existential distressAnd may even react aggressivelyIf someone should ask: “who am I?”To an indifferent mirror Reduced to an outlineFilled with rotating question marksLike unidentified flying objectsLost in the immensity of spaceThey may question the mirrorWhy it erased themAnd if it doesn’t respondThey may decide to discard it Left on a … Continue reading Erased By a Mirror by John Tricarico