once there was a mirror in eden
but the first victim
of any hard-won self-knowledge
perfect or flawed
is always the reflection
smashed, resurrected
a thousand, tiny, jagged,
puzzle-piece doppelgängers
each an accurate representation
of the human eye
they paint hell a dark, sooty place
it is polished, clean and bright
every surface shines
magic mirrors that only reflect you
impossible to look away from
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