I then realized that what I had taken to be my reflection was not grooming himself but looking at me oddly.
When Jackson chimes "My reflections are protections/ they will keep me from destruction", the couplet seems an apt reminder of pop's uncomfortable relationship with sincerity.
"At this moment, painful as my reflections were, the extraordinary beauty of a small moss in fructification irresistibly caught my eye," he wrote, sounding a great deal like the Ancient Mariner.
"My own reflection is that it has to do with possibility".
I have just returned to London from Los Angeles, and my early reflection is this: it's nice to be in a place where the sun shines all day, where the transport systems work, and where the people are generally friendly and helpful.
My final reflection is this: any test that questions the motivations of the author without asking the author is a big baloney sandwich.
My first, personal, reflection is to give thanks that my own father, who migrated from Odessa, Russia, to London, had the sense, after sojourning there, to continue on to New York City.
There were so many things changing, my own reflection was a strange image.
There were also comments, which ranged from lighthearted ("Congratulations on your prime-time photobomb! Stay thirsty my friends …") to critical ("The reflection is wrong. Who put this image together?").
Serious reflection is overrated.
