duck-rabbit

I have loved the duck-rabbit illusion ever since I first met him in a philosophy class... kindly explaining the major schools of thought, rather tounge-in-cheek, as only a duck-rabbit can.

Now, in celebration of disstraktor's rabbit, I submit to the world internets, my very own duck-rabbit....

Today's Bonus Reading demonstrates what happens when Billy Collins and the duck-rabbit combine their creative forces...

Duck/Rabbit

The lamb may lie down with the lion,
But they will never be as close as this pair
Who share the very lines
Of their existence, whose overlapping is their raison d'etre
How strange and symbiotic the binds
That make one disappear
Whenever the other is spied.
Throw the duck a stare,
And the rabbit hops down his hole.
Give the rabbit the eye,
And the duck waddles off the folio.
Say, these could be our mascots, you and I--
I could look at you forever.
And never see the two of us together.

Posted by steveh at July 7, 2006 11:31 PM | TrackBack