Turning grey is just another disguise 
wrinkles thicker than thieves 
w/heavy bags under eyes blurring 
distances farther off 
whenever I look up close 
that face in the photo
is someone else, certainly not
me, mine got lost
in the mirror ages ago,
went off with that blonde– 
remember her? Didn’t stay long 
though I thought she’d never leave, 
took what I had and left me
with this. 


from ‘Life on Earth’ (Omerta Publications)