‘reflections’
The world is surfaces
reflecting one another –
a row of whisky bottles
held in a tangle of light.
A girl looks at the light
her face reflects
onto the mirror
and spreads chemicals
onto her skin
to tint and blur it.
If the image in the glass
reflect the images
she sees in magazines
which show her
what they think she wants to see,
perhaps she can affect
the way the world
reflects herself at her.