I care, I suppose, but, truth be told, I don’t like you very much. I never have, not since you were in your teens. And now that you’re old, fat, and losing your hair, what’s there to like? Your moves on the dance floor? Your award-winning personality? Your rare successes? Tell me, how do those compare with your umpteen failures – divorces, career choices, money problems? The only positive thing I can say is that you keep trying. You’re always trying. Which is good. By the way, next time we talk face-to-face, how about cleaning your side of the bathroom mirror?
Mary Wallace
15/12/2020 04:46:10 am
We are our own worst critics. Well done Jim.
Sue Clayton
15/12/2020 06:34:17 am
We should always act on the advice our mirror image offers us, then we can look ourselves in the face without guilt.
Sandra James
15/12/2020 08:10:32 am
All of a sudden I feel the need to polish my bathroom mirror! Great story, Jim :)
Jim Woessner
18/12/2020 03:35:53 pm
Don't we all.
Swapan k Banerjee
15/12/2020 09:54:51 am
The art of doing a self portrait demands nothing short of everything. It doesn't always have to be explicitly self disparaging. Sometimes a few creases and wrinkles say it all. Within each self there's a Dorian and there's a Gray; a Dr Jekyll & one Mr Hyde. Its like walking a slack line: who to keep and who to leave out. Let the person in the mirror smile back at you!
Al Watt
15/12/2020 01:22:43 pm
ouch -I didn't expect that punch line
Candace Arthuria Williams
15/12/2020 01:28:55 pm
Touche.
Romeo
18/12/2020 12:11:42 am
Brilliant, didn't see the ending coming. The whole piece felt very real. Well done, mate.
Jim Woessner
18/12/2020 03:35:29 pm
Wow. Such great comments. Thanks to you all. I only looked today (Friday). I didn't realize that Gordon was putting these up all week. Yeah, the mirror thing is tough. By the way, this is the protagonist's self-portrait. Not mine. My bathroom mirror is scratched but not that dirty. Comments are closed.
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