Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Narcissism

narcissism \NAHR-suh-siz-em\, noun: excessive love or admiration for oneself

Just out of the shower, she wipes the condensation from the glass, leaving globlets of water in trails. She wipes her palm against the towel draped taut across her hip, then, reaching back up, she uses the tip of her pointer finger to dab away the bubbles she's created. Leaning in closely, she stares into her own eyes, judging their green-ness, the depth of her pupils, looking for what others might see in them. Moving her glance upwards, she follows the curve of her eyebrows, up and around to the height of her cheekbones, down to the width of her mouth. She perceives the hint of a frown. She forces her mouth into a plump pout, a grimace, a toothy smile. In each pose, her fingertips trace the lines and divets and changes that her face makes. Once again she is drawn to her eyes, and
she delicately brushes the feathery points of her lashes. In the corners, on either side of the bridge of her nose, she presses into the soft tissue there, where beneath she imagines her tear ducts lie.

1 comment:

  1. I do love this. As I was reading I could picture every movement.

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