Mirror with a Memory

Antonia Alexandra Klimenko

6 rue Cesar Franck 75015, Paris, France

Light enters me from both directions; I cannot look the other way–

my eyes—two flashing cameras—are everywhere.

Fish float on them; birds and butterflies

swim deep in their reflection. The moon flickers under their fixed lens. Now, she is two.

Memories ooze from burnt out sockets— the spears of lilies bruise

the ethereal orgasm of night.  Look, there… under the shadow of my weeping pillow—

one more last dream!

The eyes of my tears never close.

The moon dances on their generous silvered glass. Now, she is two–

the dead     who remember the living the living   who remember the dead

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