Progression
By Matthew W. Schmeer
Each day the face from
fifty-year-old photographs
becomes your face--
your father's slowly becoming
yours, yours becoming your father's,
until both enfold upon each other,
one face staring
from the photograph's mirror --
your eyes no longer alive,
your mouth not even a line,
as heredity's ghost whispers your name.
-- Matthew Schmeer is assistant professor of English at Johnson County Community College. Poet's Showcase features work by area poets. Submit your poetry via e-mail with a subject line of Poet's Showcase to mpaget@ljworld.com or send typewritten (not handwritten) submissions to Mindie Paget, 645 N.H., Lawrence 66044, attn: Poet's Showcase. Teen writers should submit their work to the 18 & Under page at teens@ljworld.com.
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