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“Reading Le Figaro”
(after the painting by Mary Cassatt)

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Mirror, mirror, on the wall,
I’ll read news of scandal, brawl,
storm, and death, but I will not
turn to look at you.  I’ve got
more important things to see
than well-coiffed and ruffly me.
I’m more curious than vain,
and of course you can’t explain
politics, finance, or war,
so you’re easy to ignore.
I sit in a comfy chair,
but I think, inquire, and care.
You reflect, without reflecting
on a thing.  I’m not objecting—
you look fine, you’re nicely framed;
if you’re dull, you can’t be blamed.
Mirror, mirror, on the wall,
you’re irrelevant, that’s all.

Jean L. Kreiling

If you have any comments on this poem, Jean L. Kreiling would be pleased to hear from you.

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