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The Mirror Creates Paper Cutouts
December 19, 2010
She used to create paper doll chains.
Taking scissor to paper and
Sketching to sculpting
To create a chain of silhouettes
chained by the hands
herself.
She grew older.
The mirror creates paper cutouts
Its reflection, a one-sided animation— in color,
Perception is gray and Judgment, the sculptor—
Contorted truth brings the victim
Paralyzed
in the Light.
Not self-discovery…
No.
Just a
Dark shadow.
That used to create paper doll chains.
© Mary A., Fullerton, CA
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