My mirror can't be trusted

anymore

there is someone in the mirror

but it can't possibly be me

it is a stranger

a criminal

who has stolen my identity

and now pretends to be me

he has copied me

and all my quirks and characteristics

but when I look closely I can tell

it is not really me

it is some interloper who is

playing a cruel joke

pretending to be me

even wearing my clothes

in my mind

I know who I am

and what I look like

and it certainly isn't this guy

I am much better looking

and I don't have age spots

or wrinkles

or thinning hair

so until that guy leaves

I will deny I know him

and hope he eventually

gives up his prank and goes away

in the meantime

I will avoid looking

in those lying worthless mirrors.