Mirrored
In the gym today
a young man strained
with his weights
teeth clenched
his face a spent red rose
eyes mirrored
my drive
to flex metaphors’ muscle
tone words’ timbre
stretch between stanzas
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love the tight but extended parallels
Wonderful image–“his face a spent red rose”