As a kid, I got glasses.
I never wore them.

Didn’t want to see the world as it truly was.
Didn’t want to see who was reflected
in the mirror.

Pockmarked friends;
flawed broads.

Hiding them in my closet,
I rejoiced,
reveling in the life
God intended me to witness.

Daniel N. Flanagan is a Worcester, MA native. He is the author of three short stories and twenty-two poems, featured in Poppy Road Review, Three Line Poetry, and more. His first poetry chap-book is due for publication and purchase this Summer ’14. Check him out at DanFlanagan.webs.com and follow him @DanielNFlanagan.