Merely finding that value,
which each self
indiscriminately bestows

upon the world for all to gawk
displays your self
as well as mine.

The mirror provides its job,
cascading a vision
to which the self

magnifies or de-recognizes;
fawns its weakness
into utter selfishness.

If I can truly find the mirror
to provide myself,
who is to say

the mirror of our relations cannot
provide ourselves?
I know, myself,

looks into the magnifying mirror
of my mind to find
that I know, myself.

12/10/2002

Posted on 05/20/2005
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