I, I, I | Text of the Poem
First, the self. Then, the observing self.
The self that acts and the self that watches. This
The starting point, the place where the mind
begins,
Whether the mind of an individual or
The mind of a species. When I was a boy 5
I struggled to understand. For if I know
The self that watches, another watching self
Must see the watcher, then another seeing that,
Another and mother, and where does it end?
And my mother sent me to the barber shop, 10
My first time, to get my hair ‘‘cut for a part’’
(Instead of the...
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