The Mirror-Maker

Poetry
Written By Jamie Manias

for M.

She stares into both my eyes at once,
tangling our visions
to see me beyond 3D.
She crosses her eyes so slightly,
her left to my left, her right to mine.
She makes me stereoscopic,
micro, macroscopic,
invents a new dimension
just for me. I want to inhabit it with her,
see as she sees. I want to write 
with criss-crossed pencils,
speak with criss-crossed tongues;
I want to silly beyond space-time, 
beyond human knowing — bend
our visions together to make an X
to mark our spot.

Jamie Manias

Jamie Manias earned a Poetry MFA at Bowling Green State University, where they helped edit Mid-American Review and wrote poems about microbiology. They are now a pressman at Alice-Louise Press, printing letterpress stationery and snarky greeting cards. Their work has been published in places such as The Kismet Magazine, Fruitslice, and Rat's Ass Review.

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