Mirror, mirror, shattered there
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I smashed a mirror
Pieces flew every which way
Each reflecting a different me
Each with something different to say
Parallel partial realities
Separately reflecting choices
Some made, some not
Each with their own insistent voices
An eyeball over there
Choosing to roll wildly
An arm lopped at shoulder
Yet still stroking mildly….
Staring from prismatic portals
A hundred little mini me’s
Scrambling madly, shimmering
Like a refractive rainbow tease
Fumbling, I got the bottle of epoxy
Gathered my myriad selves
Stuck them back together
Propped them on a shelf
Now my mirror shows a truer image
One splintered , warped, cracked
Lips licking broken teeth
A soul which cohesiveness lacked
Never have I felt more together
More disparately cohesive
Than searching my image
In a mirror bonded with adhesive
About the Creator
Andrew C McDonald
Andrew McDonald was a 911 dispatcher for 30 yrs with a B.S. in Math (1985). He served as an Army officer 1985 to 1992, honorably exiting a captain.
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'20/20'
"Do It Again" the track that would ultimately open the Beach Boys final album on Capitol Records which was released on February 10th 1969 had originally been released as a single in August of 1968. The track was the first of many post-Pet Sounds era throwbacks to the early Beach Boys sound which would become continually more cliched and eventually lead the Beach Boys to the level of self-parody they would eventually succumb to in the 1980s while their closest contemporaries The Beatles nearing the end of their run in 1969 would go on to be viewed as the most influential band of all time. However, the song itself is not bad on its surface, and it opens with a futuristic sounding (for 1969) drumbeat captured by then-Beach Boys engineer Stephen Desper using tape delays on the drums performed by Dennis Wilson and John Guerin. The song has been re-recorded numerous times over the years on various Beach Boys-related projects most notably the 2011 re-recording at Capitol studios featuring the five surviving Beach Boys at the time backed instrumentally by various members of both the Brian Wilson Band and Mike Loves touring "Beach Boys" to promote the then upcoming Beach Boys 50th Anniversary reunion tour in 2012. The hammering and power drill sound at the end of the song was an excerpt from a track called "Workshop" that was to be a part of the uncompleted "SMiLE" album.
By Sean Callaghan6 days ago in Beat
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Brilliant poem. "Lips lick broken teeth" really skewered me 😁
This was a great poem!! I really felt it! Great job! 😊
Absolutely love this Andrew - love it to bits! I can see you here, "Parallel partial realities Separately reflecting choices Some made, some not Each with their own insistent voices" Kudos