Fall 2014

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Mirror mirror

Najwa Hossain

It shifts as you shift moves as you move coquettishly it sings out a thousand lies covering your face and body with crumbly foundation, with bad cement poor quality makeup easily so now you associate with a bad crowd people’s teeth are made of mirrors as they chew and gnash the edges chip off the shards fall to the floor only to become splinters in unsuspecting bare feet so wear shoes like the civilized avert, your eyes, be polite and believe in people’s teeth lest the shards and splinters glitter and glare drive you to act audaciously

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