EYEGLASS


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.