Narcissus
needing all the eyes
to be on you
needling with the dagger
of your intelligence
not afraid of pain
not afraid
would sweep them into your bed
if those activities were permitted
not from desire
although you feel desire
the desire to own their attention
I am wiser than you
because I am not blind
to how we are the same
to how we both
have the daggers out
to how we are playing chess at 3am
don’t let my youth and curves
distract you from
the mirror of us
how we can’t accept anything but victory
and how we are both willing to hazard anything
except victory
how we both say what we are doing
to divert people
from what we are doing
I am wise
to my weaknesses
which is a kind of wisdom
one of which is this hunger
and delight
when I look at my reflection
