With Walls Like Mirrors
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Have you ever noticed
how your laugh sounds different
when you're with your closest friend
than it does with your dad?
Have you ever wondered
what it would look inside of an
empty room whose walls
were made only of mirrors?
I think it would look like me.
So here is the truth of it, of it all, I’ll tell you:
I can’t see myself in mirrors.
I can’t see myself in mirrors, believe me
because someone once told me that my smile didn't look quite right.
You understand, don't you?
I beg of you--I am an empty room
and my outsides are made of mirrors
--you understand, don't you?
My smile never looked quite right,
so now it's not even mine at all--I've learned
to look at the people around me and smile
the same way they do.
I am made of mirrors, I'll show you,
and I don't know what I look like because:
have you ever noticed how your laugh sounds different
when you're with different people and
have you ever wondered what the inside of a room
made of mirrors would look like?
It looks like nothing.
You understand, don't you?
It looks like me.