The title of the poem “Mirror,” suggests that it . may be about self-reflection
is an allegory
will use personification
will use metaphors

what do you need

explanation:

i don't understand

each morning i wrote my name

on the dusty cabinet, then crossed

the dining table in script, scrawled

in capitals on the backs of chairs,

practicing signatures like scales

while mother followed squirting

linseed from a burping can