Overslept
I remember watching
all those women
desperately trying to catch
their dripping youth.
Tapping, smudging, massaging
all kinds of miraculous liquids
advertised by grinning ladies
with blocked face nerves.
I would smirk,
grab a bar of chocolate
and go outside
with no cream on, no hat,
no gloves, no worries,
pitting them a little.
Those lazy women,
who stopped and overslept.
I think of karma
now that I stand naked in front of a mirror
with my face glowing from rose oil,
stretching my cheeks as if it could stop them
from falling into the arms of time.
Funny, how the older you get
the more interest gravity takes in you.
Copyright © Danka Sikorska | Year Posted 2021
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