5/5/11

An Invented Mirror
By A.J. Huffman


The glass was cleared.
Scrubbed.
Till it sparkled.
Like her smile.
Or the gilded stone
decorating her hand.
Polished.
Perfected.
And steadily consuming
the only reflection
she’ll never know.


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A.J. Huffman is a poet and freelance writer in Daytona Beach, Florida. She has previously published her work in literary journals, in the U.K. as well as America, such as Avon Literary Intelligencer, Eastern Rainbow, Medicinal Purposes Literary Review, The Intercultural Writer's Review, Icon, Writer's Gazette, and The Penwood Review. Find A.J. Huffman, and additional information and links to her work at http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000191382454 .