tonite , thriller was
abt an ol woman , so vain she
surrounded herself w/
many mirrorsit got so bad that finally she
locked herself indoors & her
whole life became the
mirrorsone day the villagers broke
into her house , but she was too
swift for them . she disappeared
into a mirroreach tenant who bought the house
after that , lost a loved one to
the ol woman in the mirror :
first a little girl
then a young woman
then the young woman/s husbandthe hunger of the poem is legendary
it has taken in many victims
back off from this poem
it has drawn in yr feet
back off from this poem
it has drawn in yr legsback off from this poem
it is a greedy mirror
you are into this poem . from
the waist down
nobody can hear you can they ?
this poem has had you up to here
belch
this poem aint got not manners
you cant call out frm this poem
relax now & go w/ this poem
move & roll on to this poem
do not resist this poem
this poem has yr eyes
this poem has his head
this poem has his arms
this poem has his fingers
this poem has his fingertipsthis poem is the reader & the
reader this poemstatistic : the us bureau of missing persons reports
that in 1968 over 100,000 people disappeared
leaving no solid clues
nor trace only
a space in the lives of their friendsIshmael Reed
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