Poem 9 of 30
Just Fine
Overnight,
or was it a decade, I’m not sure
I woke to find this woman in my mirror
it took a moment to find my eyes in hers-
to find the little divot in the front tooth
where Duffy bumped my elbow hard
while I drank a bottle of coke in ’67
a glacial shapeshifting scene unfolds
foreshadowing who is to come
my fine, firm ass has given way
to a tight and toned vocabulary
rising, where my breasts once were
is a warrior who has survived
the breaking of her heart
cancer and the thousand cuts from former family
who worked hard to slice me into small pieces
they could wrap in paper napkins
and sneak into the trash-
being inedible bites to their delicate palettes-
a head of unruly root beer and whiskey hair
has become a thinner landscape
and emerging crown of silver
I don’t know this new woman
yet
or all she is capable of doing
but
I have a feeling
we’re gonna to get along
just fine
Word Ninja Girl 
Lovely, thought provoking and so very real. Time slowly stalks all of us. Those who survive to the elder years receive the sad gift of remembrance of a younger, vital self find themselves hesitant to recognize or accept there image from unkind mirrors or cameras…and cameras do seem to be every where now.
Stunningly beautiful and poignant. Its just Mimi taking us through another visual journey using only her words.