multifaceted,
and always turning so that the right face
is showing for the right occasion--
multitudinous, multitalented.
varied, repeating,
each duplication a revision on the last,
i will show you nothing and everything
whenever i show you anything.
multifaceted,
like a jewel slowly spinning for the light:
like a snowflake wheeling down,
like a chord with a million overtones.
i am only what you see,
i am more than can be seen.
something greater,
every time,
than what you have learned to expect:
like a lamb for the slaughter,
like an ego for the lion.
i am an analogy that cannot apply itself
for lack of pure content.
multifaceted,
like a jewel that spins for your eyes.