The Mirror

Some men
stand naked,
wag their dicks
at themselves
smile inwardly
and move on.

Some women
stand naked,
flatten their pubic hair
and check for
deodorant residue
and move on

Some children
stand naked
stretch their
fleshy parts
laugh out loud
and move on

But some men
stand naked
see themselves
and in a fury
throw on many layers
of concealing cloth

And some women
stand naked
and gaze into the glass
like deer
gaze into
headlights

Some children
stand naked
and remember
things
that they'll
never forget.

But sometimes
a human
naked
viewing himself
in the mirror
is humbled

or amazed

or both

much like the
astronaut
gazing at the earth
as a whole
for the
first time.

Hooked on a Feelin' (High on Believin')

One can easily lose
The meaning of a poem
But one does not so easily lose
the feeling it left them
with.

A feeling like
it feels
to stand
in the woods
alone
with only the talk
of a cold
creek.

Or the feeling
of walking into a
completely darkened
room
and not being
able
to find
the switch.

When one
is torn from sleep
by a heavy breeze
from an open
window,
and a whipoorwill
sings outside,
that feeling.

Maybe how
it feels
to see a
shooting star
so big
and so close,
green
and
whistling.

Or the feeling
of reading
a poem
that reminds
us of
sometime
else.