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My Costume
The mirror watched as I became
Dorothy wearing dilapidated shoes with red sequins that used to stick,
A cowboy in a checkered shirt
(My life gets itchy sometimes)
The mirror gazed as I twirled into
A ballerina in scratchy tulle the color of flushed cheeks,
A dragonfly with shimmering wings
(My own costume was getting old)
The mirror chuckled when I tried to be
Janis Joplin in bug-eyed shades,
A Mexican in a beaded vest that jangled like beer caps
(I was ready to be someone new)
I tried on the shoes - the mirror screamed.
Shiny
As a Harley-Davidson
Dark as a party, and flashing white reflections when I strutted
On high, narrow, barstool heels
Black
A babe
A sex bomb
A million bucks
"I like it."
I snatched a hot pink dress that tasted like vodka and bubble gum
It covered no skin
But covered everything else
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But covered everything else".
Bravo!
Marjory Wentworth, South Carolina Poet Laureate