From around the globe business suits, muffin tops with peaking tats, and unending tours of cameras come to wander your face. A facade of crystal and chocolate shops on cobbled streets with sidewalk tables and Internet cafes applied too thick.
A full-length mirror reflects a different image. Decaying monuments with polychrome graffiti testify to your younger communistic years. Is this neglect intentional? Or does it have the same explanation as your mosaic walls with missing tiles?
Now, now, don't cry. Old is not ugly like a toothless lady who pees herself on the street corner, but a fact. Your true beauty is your long and glorious life that spans from Erectus to 9/11 and beyond.
la 10/6/06