No. 96: Mirror, 1984

Mirror cracked from side to edge
An elbow damaged too
A slice of bacon , hyena's sandwich
With sauce of leeches' brew.

Casualty: Doctor and nurse have work to do
To which they disincline
Stitch by stitch , good tailoring
They bind this hide of mine.

What vanity and incontinence
Has caused this bitter strife?
Like Narcissus I've paid my dues
And now I'm scarred for life.

Mirror cracked from edge to side
You who claims to tell no lie
In pieces I have left you
And in pieces so am I.

No. 97: Sleep Walkers, 1990

We sleep in our beds
Then get up and walk in our sleep
In our walk we're asleep

And when it's too late
We wake from our walk
Only to see that we slept in our wake

Then we long to return
To our sleep without wake
Without walk without sleep