4:52 Self Portrait

This week's photo challenge of Self Portrait was certainly a challenge.

I have teen girls which means that I am accustomed to seeing

self portraits on my camera, on my phone and on my computer.

They're not of me!

 

There is something about looking in the mirror every day that is normal.

I'm to that place in life where I need to check

that I didn't leave a salad green in my teeth.

My eyes produce endless goobers and always have.

Kind of handy once in a while to know if they're hanging around.

There is that wonderful space of sink and counter that sit

between myself and that shiny piece of reflection.

A space that lends a comfortable distance and perhaps even distortion.

Depends on which angle I'm looking at with the new specs.

Up close I can see every laugh I've ever laughed

in the lines that grow more with every year.

 

To sit with a camera in hand or on a tripod

and aimed in my direction just is not normal for me.

I prefer the buffer of the sink.

 

A video of the whole experience would have been priceless.

I sort of felt like one of my girls ....

just for about an hour a minute or so.

 

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