ugly (a curious confessional)
by @paul-sands
as I looked at your photograph,
and couldn’t be sure,
I was actually ready
for you to be
a boy and all that
brought with it
until I stood
naked in front of the mirror
camera in hand
and saw
a foolish charade
for I am not an attractive man
the hope of flesh betrayed
before me
mapping my every
dream, decayed