self love and self hate
two sides of the same, vain coin
pitch it in the well
At mass yesterday, the priest talked about a bird outside his office that kept flying into the window at its reflection. He had two thoughts on this: 1) the bird was in love with its reflection (narcissism) or 2) the bird was attacking its reflection (self loathing). It just made me think about how both self love and self hate are really equal expressions of self-centeredness -- both bring obsession with the object in the mirror. Anyway, today's haiku is a reflection (pun intended!) of that idea.
