Mirrors in the Change Room

Today I saw my ageing self

Reflected in the multiple mirrors

Of a Target change room.

The sight was sobering:

I saw varicose veins normally not seen,

A much thicker waist than ever expected,

And cellulite thighs I usually try to ignore.

Since then I have felt quite down.

As if for some time

I have deluded myself

About my imagined youth,

But now

I have glimpsed my mortality.

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