A Poem Also About Duplicity

It would be unfortunate if the idea of multiple selves obscured the fact the self is still responsible for the terror it makes in the mind. It would be a mistake if the multiple meanings of words like torture disguised the fact we are torturers, with lessened concern about it. It would be tragic if the loss of multiple relationships to the unconscious obviated the possibility of minding a more responsible life. I say this as someone who minds what insanity means, not what we are coming to think. Imagination means so much; so much depends on what's under.