Renovations

Maybe a new bathroom will make me feel better about

facing myself at the bookends of the day.

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The water from a new faucet will be hotter, cleaner, wetter,

and I’ll have a hook for my washcloth,

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space for my cleanser and assorted oils.

The light from new lamps will be brighter, beautifying.

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The new mirror will shine back the me that is in my mind,

the one I want to want to take care of,

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not the decrepit heap of lost intentions that rushes through ablutions.

Maybe a new vanity will make me less fearful,

 

more awestruck by the miracle of reflection.

I’ve removed all the potions from the old medicine cabinet

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-the crusted caps and expired dreams-

Maybe the new one will grant me the will to care.