A mirror forgets
immediately
like an old man who
doesn't know his old
wife’s face looking down
at 3pm
but still can see
his son's new face
one long gone dawn.
A mirror's eye
is always young
it needs no specs
but when it cracks
its useless, nothing
can be done
although the tall
glass triangles
must be beaten
into icy grain
before they're
blind.