Back to the subject of mirrors

The mirror won't go away

nor will the palindrome

for that is at the center 

of the puzzle

about who we are

and where we came from.

Unfortunately you have to read

what preceded this

to understand why this

is relevant.

For over a week, I've been riffing

on the rather troubling topic

of why are we here--

and that does not necessarily mean

why are we here--here looking at this screen,

looking for validation

in a stream of words

(well, actually, if you

follow my logic to one of its

bloody ends

you'll find yourself face to face

with the idea that

we are here (in front of and sharing)

this computer screen

because of why we are here on earth

in the firs place. . . . 

because once, so long ago,

there was a God

an eternal

an almighty

an everlasting

and unspeakable

that suddenly 

for some inexplicable reason

decided

it wanted to see itself.

And so it sought to do so.

You know, it's true, the most

economical way for a god

who is eternal

almighty

everlasting

and unspeakable

to be able to see

itself

would be to create a Godly mirror,

a Godly means

to replicate himself.

I know I sound like I'm repeating myself.

Because most likely very few people

want to read all that I've written here.

If anyone has,

please pardon me.

But what else might we be reading about at the very beginning of the Old Testament,

but the creation of a mirror?

In the beginning God created

the heaven and the earth.

And the earth was without form,

and void, and darkness was upon 

the face of the deep.

And the Spirit of God moved 

on the face of the water.

And God said:

Let There Be Light

and there was 

Light.

When one adds light to the shimmering surface of water,

what else does one get but

a mirror?

And in that mirror, once lighted

God began to conjure

a firmament,

and stars,

and land

and vegetables and fruits,

and fishes and animals

and finally man,

"proud man,

dressed in a little brief authority

most ignorant of what he's most assured

His glassy essence, like an angry ape

(playing) such fantastic tricks before high heaven

As makes the angels weep . . ."  (Shakespeare, Measure for Measure)

Man was created not as an original

but as a part of the massive reflection

of the face of God

that God so sought to see.

But man was the most important part

because he had something none of the other animals

had in such abundance.

And that was his brain.

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