Through the looking glass...

This poem is a trilolet composed for a prompted contest.

This poem is a triolet* for a contest that required that type, and the prompt was:
"Through the looking glass" (to be the first line of the poem)

Monthly Poetry Form and Prompt Contest  (18+) Two contests in one!!! A new form of poetry every month. Round 9: The Pleiades #940800 by Bekah Aura

Through the looking glass
A garbled figure lurks.
Incipient growth, molting crass.
Through the looking glass
A consummate effigy begins to amass.
Progress is one of life’s inescapable perks.
Through the looking glass
A garbled figure lurks.


* *A triolet is a French poem of 8 lines. Any numbers of syllable per line is allowable. The rhyme scheme should be:
A B a A a b A B
Line 1 is used also for lines four and seven. Line 2 is used also for the last line.
All a's rhyme and all b's rhyme. The capital letters designate repeated lines.
(Triolet explanation stolen from Rixfarmgirl in her triolet for the same contest "My Honey" )