mirrors never lie : sideshow mirrors only distort the truth
you can look a mirror in the eye but it won’t blink first
ceiling mirrors are up themselves
wall mirrors have hang ups
mirrors continually surprise us in the act of being ourselves
mirrors both give and receive simultaneously
during the day when everyone’s out do mirrors contemplate their navel
do they get tired of looking at the same faces
does familiarity breed contempt
can mirrors go rogue like Hal, the computer in 2001
are one-way mirrors guilty of duplicity
do cracked mirrors have an image problem
do mirrors ever take a good hard look at themselves.
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John Malone 
Are their thoughts a reflection of themselves? 😉
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thanks for being first cab off the rank: a worthy question 🙂
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You’re welcome 🙂
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mirror what I do not what I say
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good advice for any mirror 🙂
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Actually Hal didn’t go rogue. He was given contradictory instructions and made the best logical decisions under the circumstances.
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sorry, David: I hadn’t seen the film for a few decades and I misremembered the details 🙂
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It was revealed in the sequel film 2010: The Year We Made Contact –
“Aboard the Discovery, Chandra discovers the reason for HAL’s malfunction: The National Security Council had ordered HAL to conceal from the Discovery’s crew the fact that the mission was about the Monolith; this conflicted with HAL’s basic programming of open, accurate processing of information, causing him to suffer the computer equivalent of a paranoid mental breakdown. Although the order bears his signature, Floyd angrily denies any knowledge of the NSC’s actions.”
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010:_The_Year_We_Make_Contact
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thanks again, David; wasn’t even aware there was a sequel; I’m going to have to get myself up to speed 🙂
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Your welcome Authur C. Clark wrote the novels I’ve read 1, 2, and 3 but not the 4th. Which are available on Kindle.
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I just hope he maintains the quality in plot line
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I can vouch for 2001, 2010 and 2061 though 2061 isn’t as exciting. The last one is 3001 a thousand years in the future in which the secrets of the Monoliths are revealed according to what I read on Kindle. According to the description it is pretty far out there and features Frank Poole (the astronaut Hal killed in 2001) is brought back to life and has to join with Bowman and Hal (who are a fused consciousness) to counter a threat aimed at humanity by the monoliths creators.
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that sounds like fun; and yes, I remember an astronaut Hal killed; it’s coming back 🙂
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Cool Beans!
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🙂
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This was very funny especially ceiling mirrors are up themselves 🤣🤣🤣 and also a very interesting idea. I like how you said mirrors give and receive.
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thanks ; I really appreciate that: I think I exhausted what I could say about mirrors; others may have more to add 🙂
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I never imagined so much could be said!
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and I don’t think the topic’s been exhausted 🙂
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Do they do mirror writing? I don’t recall seeing one on WordPress!
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I must profess: I don’t even know what mirror writing is ? I looked it up, but I can’t recall ever seeing it mentioned on WordPress. Could be a long forgotten art 🙂
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There’s gotta be a plugin for it surely?….
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Awesome! This has to be one of my favorites of yours so far.
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thanks Bob; big call 🙂
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And yet no mention of “the fairest of them all”… perhaps you already know the answer to that question?
Shh… beware the “two-way mirror”!
Love the idea of them contemplating their navels when we are not around. We actually have several mirrors; I wonder if they convoke a conference in our absence? Which would be the chairperson of the mirrors?
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LOL Love the idea of the conference 🙂 and , yes, I was aware of the evil queen reference but as you can appreciate, Ed, there’s only so much you can put in a poem without weighing it down 🙂
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Yes, I know. The evil queen reference is much too cliche and obvious. It would certainly have poked a hole in the poem.
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will mirrors ever learn that staring isn’t polite. 😉 This was way more fun than my editing. Cheers!
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that’s a great line; if I do a rewrite I’ll include it, with due attribution, of course 🙂
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I really like your thoughts on things. 😉 you’re welcome to use any comments and make them your own. Also, if you ever want to read some b-rated, stories let me know. I’m trying to publish them in paid publications. It’s not easy.
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I know; I’ve been through all that: had much more success with poems but yes, I’m happy to look at one for starters 🙂
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Really don’t have to if you’re not feeling like it. No offense. I’m done looking at it myself. I could share it with you with google docs if you have a gmail? Or ….not sure the easiest way if you really don’t mind.
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it could be tricky; best way is to do what I did, sit on it, rework it, send it in but make sure you’re familiar with the sort of stories the magazine publishes; trial and error, write, submit BUT don’t put your story online, otherwise most publishers will not be interested 🙂
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Yes, these aren’t online. Just in my google drive. It’s a private file drive you can share selectively with people. I should read more from the magazines, that’s good advice. 😉
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I mean you might have a perfectly good story but if it’s not the sort of material them mag publishes you’d be wasting your time; but go for it: it’s a big, wide world out these and it loves stories !
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It’s midnight here. I think I’m done banging the keys like a wild bear. I like this story. It’s called “the deadly sentence.” It tried killing me while it was born, but now that it’s here, maybe it will take after it’s unknown father. Night, John. Thank you for your kindness 😉
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🙂 ninite; been good chatting with you and my ‘peacock ego’ 🙂
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Nite, John. Thanks for hanging with me. Remember, I’m the peacock, and I believe you’re the cuddly, prickly porcupine 😉
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I love that: i could go to sleep quite easily now on that image but it’s the middle of a bright, blaring day ! 🙂
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Oh, right. ☺️Well, enjoy your afternoon and tea time. Although I find tea time is often a great precursor to an afternoon nap. My choice of location would be hammock in hearing distance to waves after a few pages read aloud from a good book.
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I like that 🙂
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