Kensi 'n' Tom - Naked as we stand

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:: Honest reflections - TB

The light seems to brush
My left shoulder.
It leads all the way down
To my elbow,
Which on this occasion digs
Into my ribs.
Left hand gripping my brown locks.
The awkward pose leads me to ask
if my feet are on backwards.
Bruises paint my left leg.
Hair stands on end on the right.
There are the dangling bits
And the gangly bits,
The toned and the honed parts.
The toned and the honed parts
Must be mocking the floppy.
Whatever lives in that belly?
And why does it rumble like a bear?
My face is what I usually study.
On this occasion I forget it’s there.
I glance up and down
Each time checking if anything’s changed.

:: Laws of reflection - KC

You 

make it a habit

to stand before the looking glass

and face it proudly

like your own super hero.

Tonight you’re Wonder Woman.

(If only you brushed your hair on Sundays and 

had a cool tiara somewhere

to improve the immersion experience)

Note here these stretch marks,

this body,

a straitjacket to contain your rebellious soul.

Nolite te bastardes carborundorum.

Nolite te bastardes carborundorum.

Nolite te bastardes carborundorum.

The moment you made your mantra

your war paint, 

you could no longer be contained.

The first gray hair shows

to honor you 

for your restless efforts

over the years 

at being a better human than your reflection.

This vessel will fall 

with everything else in the world.

You never cared about 

keeping anything but your spirits up

anyway. 

N.B.:

- TB's official residence is Under the Toadstool. He likes to hang out. I like to have him here.

- These poems are shared with The Real Toads

- Nolite te bastardes carborundorum is pig Latin for "don't let the bastards grind you down." The phrase comes from Margaret Atwood's book A Handmaid's Tale and is tattooed on my chest. 
- Kensi 'n' Tom EP artwork by KC.