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A Wilderness of Mirrors

the puddles of a storm
in a wilderness of lies
~ I wonder, did cavemen
ever see themselves as
    you or I can...
stumbling upon a still pond,
a prehistoric boudoir where
reflections are someone they've
     never met
like puppies perplexed by
   their own images?

is the image real, is it
friend/foe/truth/or deception?

a bear in the wilderness
destroys its own reflection
while we're lured by treachery
trusting the image of charlatans
polished by learned ignorance
~ in an epiphany of deceit...

Copyright © Craig Cornish

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