{"id":427,"date":"2025-11-17T22:01:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T22:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/21-1\/?page_id=427"},"modified":"2025-11-18T00:28:41","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T00:28:41","slug":"looking-glass","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/21-1\/poetry\/looking-glass\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking Glass"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rick Reut<\/span><\/p>\n

(LOOKING GLASS)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2026it in a looking glass<\/span><\/p>\n

still containing some juice<\/span><\/p>\n

of the sun, there\u2019s no use<\/span><\/p>\n

crying about the tear gas<\/span><\/p>\n

chamber maids in the far<\/span><\/p>\n

corner of the living room.<\/span><\/p>\n

They\u2019re not there. They are<\/span><\/p>\n

all made up by your gloom-<\/span><\/p>\n

haunted mind. Things grow old.<\/span><\/p>\n

Even the newest ones.<\/span><\/p>\n

Though you keep trying to hold<\/span><\/p>\n

on to them, there\u2019s no chance<\/span><\/p>\n

one can hold on to a time \u2013<\/span><\/p>\n

unless GOD turns it back.<\/span><\/p>\n

Like a low or high tide,<\/span><\/p>\n

it seems to leave no track<\/span><\/p>\n

on the way to the sky.<\/span><\/p>\n

There is a rain cloud<\/span><\/p>\n

there, and it sounds loud,<\/span><\/p>\n

louder than any cry<\/span><\/p>\n

of one trying to embrace<\/span><\/p>\n

loneliness. As you face\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2026it in a looking glass still containing some juice of the sun, there\u2019s no use crying about the tear gas chamber maids in the far corner of the living room. They\u2019re not there. They are all made up by your gloom-haunted mind. Things grow old. Even the newest ones. Though you keep trying to hold on to them, there\u2019s no chance one can hold on to a time \u2013 unless GOD turns it back. Like a low or high tide, it seems to leave no track on the way to the sky. There is a rain cloud there, and it sounds loud, louder than any cry of one trying to embrace loneliness. As you face\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\nRick Reut (LOOKING GLASS) \u2026it in a looking glass still containing some juice of the sun, there\u2019s no use crying…\n<\/div>\n
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