Our Venetian Mirror                                           


            My host began by lecturing
            About Murano glass and art,
            The trick of using bronze and gold
            To throw an image back
            More splendid than the one
            Received

            I hastened home and
            Giddy with my purchase propped
            The prize beside our bed
            Supposing what would work for one
            Could work for two

            Instead the night wore on

            And all I saw was
            Merely a lagoon


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            Emanuel E. García, A Deeper Symmetry2014