ITS ALL DONE BY MIRRORS

Press, 11 June 1977, Page 12

ITS ALL DONE BY MIRRORS

by

Whim Wham

“As a small nation we are. I think, a mirror image of the world as a whole, and because we are so small, I think we can see some of these things perhaps more clearly than some of the larger countries.” — Mr Muldoon. In a more populous Hemisphere The World looks neither whole nor clear, Unlike my Pocket Mirror here. Look in this Mirror and you’ll see The Image of your World, said He. The Face is yours. The Mirror s Me. The Scale's diminished. I admit: A tight Squeeze, but the World will fit. You look at Me? You look at It! The Mirror, and the Image too. I’m both — you see? and I see You. Mine is perhaps the clearer View Of You. of Me, the World, the Lot, Concentric to this luminous Spot. This Glass reflects what’s truly What. This Mirror’s clear because it’s small. .Just hang me on your Conference Wall! Am I the clearest of them All? Your Vision's muddled and myopic. Mine’s from the simple Southern Tropic — I’m sort of Psycho-telescopic. Your Distance-vision’s not so good — New Zealand's not well understood — Just say, I've done the Best I could. My Image of this World, this June. That’s clear! — But which Side of the Moon Shines the World’s Image of M*LD“‘N?