you thought you knew her then.

but that then is someotherwhere
when you could almost taste her charisma
thru demi-smiles and translucent tops

now u sense she is permeable, zen-tropic-
no longer is she pan-esoterical
an eyegasm
or exothermic kabuki dancer

now you sense her parenthesizer voo-doings;
the used insteading of her jeckle hyde hyde hyde

you thought you knew her then

but that then was a funhouse mirror

you thought you knew her then.
you didn’t, don’t, never will.
you have been just miss taken.

– Ted E.F. Roberts