beware: do not read this poem

             tonite, thriller was
             abt an ol woman, so vain she
             surrounded herself w/
                  many mirrors

             it got so bad that finally she
             locked herself indoors & her
             whole life became the
                  mirrors

             into her house , but she was too
             swift for them . she disappeared
                  into a mirror
             each tenant who bought the house
             after that , lost a loved one to
             the ol woman in the mirror:
                  first a little girl
                  then a young woman
                  then a young woman/s husband

             the hunger of this poem is legendary
             it has taken in many victims
             back off from this poem
             it has drawn in yr feet
             back off from this poem
             it has drawn in yr legs
             back off from this poem
             it is a greedy mirror
             you are into this poem from
                  the waist down
             nobody can hear you can they?
             this poem has you up to here
                  belch
             this poem ain't got no manners
             you cant call out frm this poem
             relax now & go w/ this poem
             move & roll on to this poem
             do not resist this poem
             this poem has yr eyes
             this poem has his head
             this poem has his arms
             this poem has his fingers
             this poem has his fingertips
             this poem is the reader & the
             reader this poem

statistic: the us bureau of missing persons reports
              that in 1968 over 100,000 people disappeared
              leaving no solid clues
              nor trace                only
a space    in the lives of their friends.