Spec’s

by Sharon Scholl

Image credit: Devon Janse van Rensburg on Unsplash

I like your glasses, they whisper,

as though they know most people

would object to them.

They are on the gaudy side,

sunset pink with mottled blobs

that pass for a design.

Nothing demure about thick,

plastic frames that ride

my nose like a bucking bronco.

I chose them with deliberation,

thinking they might suggest

there’s still life in this old lady.

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Sharon Scholl

Sharon Scholl is a retired college teacher who convenes a poetry critique group and maintains a website (freeprintmusic.com) of original music and poetry for small, liberal churches.  Her poetry chapbooks, Seasons, Remains, Evensong, are available via Amazon Books.  Her poems are current in Third Wednesday and The Bluebird Word.