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# On the Wall
- URL: https://www.hawkword.com/poetry/on-the-wall/
- Published: 2023-06-16T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2023-06-16T12:00:00.000Z
- Description: My mirror tires of reflection: why can't I be like the TV? Use the remote, make your selection. There are so many yous to see.
- Author: A. Gee
- Tags: Poetry, Sonnet, Allpoetry Import, #Import 2026-04-25 19:56

My mirror tires of reflection:  
why can't I be like the TV?  
Use the remote, make your selection.  
There are so many yous to see.

The you before there was an after,  
or back when after was a thought.  
Back when to love "remember laughter"  
meant that you haven't -- yet -- been bought.

The you not wrecked by indecision,  
nor rattled by a simple choice.  
With better, clearer, purer vision  
and steadier, much stronger voice.

They may be closer -- oh, so near! --  
the mirror says, than they appear.