mise en abyme

curious curves garnish each blade

within, worlds upon words flourish

vast like a cluttered desk - yet

like the mess, confined to a small space

if, perchance a stray leaf slipped

destined to be forgotten in the dust

what is the fate that awaits the quester?

history eats itself and spits out –

(it consumes you as fast as you devour it

an otherworldly maw constantly chewing

“i loved that book, i adored it. (i will remember it always)”

a burr to memory – will it drop?)

words. is the story any changed?

cobble the missing link back together again

a bit of glue, some tape, a Xerox copy

it is not the same. it cannot be the same.

20070211. inspired partly by 2 books - cornelia funke's inkheart (which i have finished recently), and jostein gaarder's sophie's world (which i consider to be the best use of the 'story within a story' device). the title is french for this well-known literary device. ~ m!