Sandy Supposes....

Mirror Reflections

PROMPT July 29th

Write about an invention or technology that you wish existed that would make your life better.

         

         Yesterday I mentioned a talking mirror and I'd like to explore that marvel a bit more. What's the harm? Is there an upside?

         "Psst, hey mirror. You awake?"

         "Of course I am. Why would I be sleeping? I just hang around all day. It's not as if I could walk away."

         "Oh, sorry. I can't really see my reflection clearly. Are you sure you haven't dimmed?"

         "We had this conversation. I told you the lighting in here isn't the best. Stop squinting! You're making me look bad. Turn on another lamp or something."

         "There is that better? Oh, yep I see myself now. What do you think? Have I got it?"

         "Got what? What are you asking?"

         "You know, it. Do I have it? Am I special? Do I have that je ne sais quoi?"

         "How would I know? And just for the record, I'm not French speaking. I prefer plain speech. I deal with reality, with what you can see under your nose. Well, if you care to look."

         "Maybe I'd like to see a little less of me and more of myself."

         "Huh? The reflection I generate is the bonafide you. Those are your own eyebrows aren't they?"

         "Yes, I wake up with my own eyebrows already on my face. Sigh. Nowadays, I don't recognize that face staring back at me. I never had wrinkles and is that a double chin? Where did that moustache come from? Where did I go? It's odd, but it's like there's more of me and less of me."

         "From where I'm situated, I'd agree there's more of you. You're a broad, right? You've grown haven't you? You're a broad sight bigger. It happens."

         "But the true me does not look like this at all. What are those marks at the corners of my eyes? Have I been etched? Gasp! Are they crows' feet?"

         "Why not think of them as laugh lines? You still have your sense of humour, right? All that guffawing left its mark. They show the world that you've been touched."

         "Oh, I'm touched all right, touched in the head. I'm speaking with my mirror. My mirror is giving me a pep talk."

         
"Um ,er, excuse me. You wanted a pep talk? Why didn't you say so? I can be supportive you know. That requires a different setting. You caught me off guard and snuck up on me."