Jane Joritz-Nakagawa

life thru a mirror

because he would wish for death while
stopping at the corner i buy a sandwich
dressed in white looks very pretty the
best things in life are paid for

haven't been there yet but i've seen you all, or all you
can thru a tiny crevice life at a window grease-
stained and open wide what would enter but

a face that turns me away today is a fine day like
any other two beats repeating themselves

it's a small revolution that brought you this
message that came on the magazine cover that enjoyed
lifes simple pleasures more than i ought

poem on a monday

maybe due to the handful of drugs i swallowed or to
my raging hormones perhaps because it's not raining

or because i imagine it's monday when it's really friday
because i'm not doing anything special

because you asked me and your voice was tender because i
love your eyebrows and your crinkled nose

due in fact to all of the above
or because of presidential order

the shape of your ears nothing i've personally perfected

this magazine would make a good airplane toilet trainer for
the dog origami or wallpaper

© by Jane Joritz-Nakagawa

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