THE MIRROR, OR REFLECTIONS

Horror, horror, on the wall,
Who is the most frightened of them all?
Who fears the table, who fears the feast?
Who fears the company of the fearsome beasts?

Horror, horror, on the wall,
Who is the ugliest of them all?
Who is the one who blackens the feast,
For in his presence, the guests all turn to beasts?

Horror, horror on the wall,
Who's the most repugnant of them all?
Who is the one repelled from the feast,
For he is revolted by the thoughts of beasts?

Horror, horror on the wall,
Who is the most distant of them all?
Who spreads coldness, aloof at the feast?
Who builds that great wall, to keep out all the beasts?

Horror, horror on the wall
Who and How, Where am I in this all?
I judge those who attend the feast;
But perhaps it is I, I who am the beast?

March 2007