Who's The Fairest Of Them All? Two Views On Aging

road trip 

self image - no - 

not that mental 

one, 

the real one, in 

the mirror 

loathes 

the reflection's 

origin 

life's taunting 

toll  

paid for at 

the booth of 

youth.

mental image 




oh yes, 
let me snap 
this. 
let me 
commit to 
memory that 
Grimm reminder 
in the looking 
glass:  Snow White 


I may not be 
but damn, 
don't question 
that 
reflection. 




Poems ©2011 R. Burnett Baker 
Photo ©2011 R. Burnett Baker 
Self reflection photo taken by R. Baker 
at Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY.