From His Part He Looks Left Handed

Posted on April 20, 2011 | 32 Comments

It’s a reverse mirror showing the real you.
Are you outside looking in or inside looking out?
Your nose is turned in the opposite direction.
Your forehead wrinkles slant the other way.

Speaking, the words seem to have a new control over your lips.
You listen differently too, the words sound recorded.
Everything you are used to is suddenly, Used Too;
Which one now is really the evil twin?

©2011 Michael Yost

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32 responses to “From His Part He Looks Left Handed”

  1. belladonna23 | April 20, 2011 at 10:29 AM | Reply

    hmm, like a poetic Picasso 😉 i like it.

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  2. Paulami | April 21, 2011 at 11:22 AM | Reply

    worked for me.. imagining just the other way around..

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  3. Jingle | April 21, 2011 at 11:30 AM | Reply

    love it……

    the way you lead your audience, smiles.

    🙂

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  4. Life: Between the lines | April 21, 2011 at 7:20 PM | Reply

    It is always nice to see from a different angle. You made me think.
    Enjoy the rally 🙂
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  5. Danielle Mari | April 21, 2011 at 8:48 PM | Reply

    Alice with a twist! Keep it up!

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  6. bendedspoon | April 21, 2011 at 9:41 PM | Reply

    wait till you see the contortions inside. love it 🙂

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  8. Vinay | April 22, 2011 at 1:09 AM | Reply

    Very different and beautiful, Booguloo 🙂 I liked it!

    My Post Is Here

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  9. K. McGee | April 22, 2011 at 6:04 AM | Reply

    Things do look odd in the reverse! A brilliant idea for a poem and the title – PERFECT!

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  10. A.B. Thomas | April 23, 2011 at 11:04 AM | Reply

    I loved the write, it made me think in a different perspective than I normally do – thanks!

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  11. The Lonely Recluse | April 23, 2011 at 5:58 PM | Reply

    A great poem, really thought provoking. I truly enjoyed it.
    The Lonely Recluse.

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  12. gomagoti | April 24, 2011 at 2:42 AM | Reply

    That got the gears in my brain whirring. Very thought evoking poem, lovely.

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  13. kre8iv1 | April 24, 2011 at 4:43 PM | Reply

    This is very thought-provoking for me.

    I appreciate this a lot right now.

    Thank you. =)

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  14. Broken Sparkles | April 26, 2011 at 5:33 PM | Reply

    Certainly raised some thoughts, different that the ones I used to have few minutes ago … The question on the end nailed it …

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  15. C. | April 26, 2011 at 6:37 PM | Reply

    funny, this reminds me of a pet i had who could never decide who to be. the sliding doors always suggested that there was something more he could pursue – something else he might extort from the family (or the cat, or the other dogs, or …)

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  16. mairmusic | April 29, 2011 at 10:39 AM | Reply

    Love the way your meaning reverses direction suddenly, without warning.

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