***photo 1900s selfie

Double Exposure

I took a selfie on Monday.
Must have been a bad day.

Shoulders sagging,
I was a biology poster child,
"The Anatomy of Defeat,"
hooded eyes,
avoiding the light.

The math in the room
was all wrong.

A late afternoon
fading to dusk,
dark shadows
 everywhere.

I looked at the picture.

DELETE

Do you really want to delete this photo?

Yes.

***

Tuesday, I tried again.
Looked to be a better day.

With better lighting,
a good night's sleep,
chin lifted
toward the sun,
shoulders settled.

An honest geometry
to my face.

Something loosened
beneath my ribs,
free to be
and breathe.

I took the picture.

SAVE.

Would you like to move this picture to your cloud?

Yes, please, and make it a big puffy one,
but not so big it blocks the sun.