Driven to a corner by resident chimeras br Shivering underneath a self woven tapestry br Depicting grandiose deeds and epical conquests br The thinness of the fabric given rich texture br Only by the magical spins of personal spiders br Giving sheen to drabness through lustrous webs br With the vision of a thousand reflections seen br Details magnified and multiplied by a house fly's eye br The fake brilliance of a cut-glass sunburst exploding br br br Beyond the ersatz dazzle created by self conceit br Conscience shakes us from our illusions and scatters br The notions created by our futile attempts at greatnessbr br Eddie Roabr br