I hold
the mirror of my life
up to my face.
I see
a man in black
staring back at me.
With a swing
I smash the mirror.
The day and I
grow dark as one.
Winter 2009 issue of Rust+Moth
A Room of My Own: Stock Ticker Tanka
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*Against the Drowning Noise of Other Words*, CCXCVI: "stock ticker "
a bruised girl’s hand
clutches a slice of bread
in pixels—
a stock ticker flashes past
...
