Gazing into
Narcissus'
Dirty pool,
Hatchet face
To
hatchet face,
Loathing what
You see:
Two
dispossessed
Demons
Dancing the dance
Of Hate
Legs
wide
Her face, an echo-
Your hips stab
Away at
your
Double,
Upon the table
Of your shared
Almost-father.
Perfumed
By whiskey
She claws
Your back
As you
nail
Her to the table-
Punishing
Each other
For shared
sins:
Hope,
Vulnerability,
Lonliness,
Until you and
your
Mirror-sister
Come
Together
In hollow
Satisfaction.
Flagellation
Complete,
You buckle up,
She adjusts
her
Dress
As empty
You and your
Reflection,
Turn to
face
The angry ones
Who cast you out-
Furious because
You
and your
Mirror-sister
Revealed your
True faces.
Even as
you,
Have shown
Them theirs.
Author's Note: My thanks to ozma914 for "dislodging" this poem, which had been stuck in the back of my head for several months now.