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by Tom Hooten

Images

Eye to eye

see yourself flipped

camera obscura

fleeting forgettable reflections

your life’s entropic unfolding

on my looking-glass retina

Words

Whispers in air are better

vibrating my inner drum

softly sounding your depths

creating an enduring ageless you

in my mind

TOM HOOTEN received his Master’s Degree in Physiological Psychology from Auburn University, was a pilot in the U.S. Air Force (retired), and had a second career as a Human Resources Director. He has published two scientific research papers (co-authored), a science fiction novel, Hollytime, an essay, "The Physics of Fidget Energy," and several poems. He is in sunny Florida working on Alicetime, the sequel to Hollytime.