the woodwork mirror

the woodwork mirror

an ill-bred design,
assembled from
comprehensive impatience:
awkward geometry,
and timber bruises
of a badly managed
sanding machine.

triple angled plinth,
a lone arm, protrudes
on the simplest
of joints, forming
a slack right angle,
originally intended
for poise.

square backing,
attempts at
curved corners,
inelegant.
ungainly mirror glass,
glued to the wood
with less than perfect
positioning.

this is how the times were,
then, when angles
had no importance.
design and build
sacrificed,
to the uncomplicated enthusiasm
of being alive.