Mirror Day
It is national take your mirror to work day. They giggle as they enter, going round and
round in spinning doors. They ride elevators to the top floor and mimic executives.
At lunch time their fathers and mothers take them to eat reflections and show them off to
friends. “My Stevens, the last time I saw your mirror it was only three feet high, this mirror
is beginning to look just like you!”
Some envy their vast potential for growth. They learn everything they need to know in an
instant. But they have atrocious memory, and they break far too easily.
Ori Fienberg’s debut is Where Babies Come From (Cornerstone Press, 2024). He is also the author of the micro-chap, Interim Assistant Dean of Having a Rich Inner Life (Ghost City Press, 2023) and the chapbook Old Habits, New Markets (elsewhere, 2021). Ori’s recent writing can be found in the Cimarron Review, Ploughshares, and Smartish Pace. Read more at orifienberg.com.
