STRANGER: Some thoughts on modular consciousness and othering

	The face in the mirror isn't mine:
	it belongs to another

	Who is the stranger
	glaring through the glass?

	To discover
	use a hammer:

	as shards fly past
	a chance is created

	to realize what's important
	and what was never meant to last


Brice:   Shatter the glass? Isn't that sheer folly?

Anya:    (half-smiling) There is no glass – just lines on water.

Carlos:  (enjoying the jest) There is no water – jest movement ah mind.

Devani:  Dere's no mind – jes . . . jest . . . 

Brice:   (tiring of the charade) Huh? Yo – wake up! You'z getting mesmerized bye philosoofee.



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from POEATIONS: Explorations in Meta-Poetry by T Newfields
Summary: A futile attempt to deconstruct the chimera of personal identity.
Keywords:  alienation, self-discovery, identity construction, persona, modular consciousness

Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955 - ?)
Begun: 1989 in Brattleboro, VT, USA  ⋒ Finished: 2013 in Tokyo, Japan
Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted

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ESPAÑOL    https://www.tnewfields.info/es/doppelganger.htm
NIHONGO    https://www.tnewfields.info/jp/mishiranu.htm
ZHŌNGWÉN   https://www.tnewfields.info/zh/mosheng.htm