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Perpetual Camouflage

It’s Fandango’s Flashback Friday!

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This piece was written on this date in 2019 for the dVerse Poets Pub. The word prompt was invisible.


when a chameleon

is trapped

in perpetual camouflage

or your reflection

in the mirror

and its gut-punching

silence when you ask

(like an idiot!)

who’s the fairest

of

them

all.

It’s when you realize

the world has suddenly

gone blind

to you of

a certain age

That’s what invisible feels like.

16 responses to “Perpetual Camouflage”

  1. Hélène - Willow Poetry Avatar
    Hélène – Willow Poetry

    Wonderful poem, I love your sense of reality.

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    1. Thank you, Helene! Most people refer to my sense of reality as cynical, being jaded, and pessimistic. How refreshing!

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      1. Hélène - Willow Poetry Avatar
        Hélène – Willow Poetry

        My pleasure.

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  2. love that image of a chameleon trapped in camouflage, truly eerily invisible. your second part is more thought provoking, is it just age that lends us invisible, sometimes race and colour do the same. such a powerful response to the prompt.

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    1. Thank you, Gina. Interesting observations!

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  3. “perpetual camouflage” – you are a master at capturing the dilemma in concise terms.

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    1. Thank you very much, V.J.

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    sanaarizvi

    Dannggggg! ❤️ This left me absolutely breathless! :D

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    1. :-) Thank you, Sanaa!

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  5. Wonderful poem. I loved the image/idea of the chameleon in perpetual camouflage. Several people have written about becoming invisible with age–something obviously that resonates.

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    1. Thank you, merrildsmith. So glad you enjoyed!

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  6. Oh… it seems like aging and invisible is a common theme.

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    1. I would imagine so. Once it happens, it’s hard to forget. It’s a lonely and sad feeling.

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  7. I feel invisible most of the time. how can you not when at 36 you never even had a kiss. This is a great emotional poem well done.

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