Friday 25 November 2011

#47: Monkey Shaving

Chimpy wields the cutthroat razor with an easy grace,
shaving his chin and throat in slow strokes,
working the blade across soft skin.

He stops to slice a banana
into golden medallions.
The radio plays Vivaldi
and the midnight world outside the barber shop
is black as the afterlife.

The mirror throws back a defiant glare.
With every move, he grows smaller.

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