A PHOTOGRAPH BY KATE
by Robert K. Johnson
(for my daughter)
I quickly recognize
it’s a delicate depiction
of an interior,
a dining room whose air
is shadow-dim—more dark
than light; with a hung painting
hard to perceive inside
its amber wooden frame;
and with a heavy mirror
reflecting perhaps one half
of a window that shows a glimpse
of distant golden flowers.
Only later
did I learn the photograph
was a self-portrait.
Copyright © 2011 by Robert K. Johnson.
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