What we believe is true is make-believe
how we see a family of Mallard ducks
as we pass the ducklings along the bay
to say 'family' and believe what we hear
we use words to paint a picture of life
exactly as we see a photograph
believe what you will, I won't dissuade you
even if this concept we call 'family'
leaves much to be desired, a projection
in words creates the idea or feeling
emerging deep from the darkness within
vision sees the world one way in the brain
each sensation the mind flips upside-down
if you see a photograph in a frame
stuck to the wall, hung in a museum
to see the title say, "Family" and think
reflectively, the image is reversed
undone by mirrors inside a chamber
energy as photoelectric light
in that moment a room inside a room
still-life captured inside a museum
maybe the ducks in the image in pairs
along the lake waddle in the water
kin or not kin, can we be sure for sure
even so, do they see themselves as kin
babble on and on about language games
egocentric human beings, we see
literally what we want to believe
in using value-laden words, we lose
exactly this connection from the ducks
veritably, they do not see themselves
even for a moment as we see them
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