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Sink
by V. Blakei feel like i spend hours a day at the sink
trying to wash all this time off my hands.
i swear this shit stains worse than irony.
sharing this sentiment with me, as usual
is a backwards-talking glass man
hanging crooked from the wall above the marble.
he has that trademark weariness on his face;
he never grows or stops complaining.
with a nod to our daily ritual,
i tell him once again to get a job,
or to do something with his life
instead of loitering around a bathroom sink
with dirty hands and judgmental eyes.
and right on cue, he deflects every word
before reaching coyly for a towel,
executing with ease a tried-and-true method
of sidestepping the conversation entirely.
but just as he vanishes over the threshold
and into an invisible hallway,
i hear him mumble something under his breath
about the hypocrite in the mirror. 01/21/2010 Author's Note: Poemuary entry #21.
Posted on 01/21/2010
Copyright © 2024 V. Blake
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Nanette Bellman on 01/21/10 at 09:09 PM This is GENIUS! Really Vince. I didn't see that coming. |
| Posted by Elizabeth Jill on 01/21/10 at 10:31 PM bwahahahahahah love it! smashing it over my head! (ain't it the belly of the truth, though? no not you in particular. all. humanity.) whew and heeeeeh! need a kleenex for this. tear-streamin'
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| Posted by Rachel Bennett on 01/22/10 at 01:57 AM I wonder what it is about poetry that makes us think of reflections? Anyway, I enjoyed this - it's different than a lot of your poems, but the approach is the same. And I look forward to reading tomorrow's poem! |
| Posted by Therese Elaine on 01/22/10 at 02:25 AM *shakes head* It's too bad you aren't a smug bastard or I'd feel justified in loathing your talent...this IS different from your other pieces -but I like that it has an air of somber reflection (no pun intended) as opposed to just the sheer brilliance of wordplay that your other pieces have. |
| Posted by Michael Smith on 01/22/10 at 03:06 AM I'm looking forward to tomorrow because you've been talking about it for days. Therese is right -- this is yet another style you've shown us lately and it's cool to see your versatility. Thanks, Vince! |
| Posted by Julie Adams on 01/25/10 at 12:42 AM Vince, there is never, it seems, a disappointing addition to your library! Kudos!!...from the minutia of a routine day, you have born a poem of stellar proportions, no line or stanza without it's own merit...lovely to read you as always :) peace to u poet, jewels |
| Posted by Sandy M. Humphrey on 01/25/10 at 08:53 PM Good take on the "Man in the mirror" that you give him a separte persona is great, thanks for giving us all something to think about the next time we step up to the sink and look across at the familar stranger and wonder what he/she is thinking.....great write. smh |
| Posted by Kristina Woodhill on 01/25/10 at 10:25 PM ahahahhahahahaha - oh, it is too true! Thanks for this gem and that coy towel! |
| Posted by Christine Thibeault on 01/26/10 at 11:45 PM ~Thanks for sharing...brilliant. |
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