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# Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/branden-koch-magic-mirror/
- Published: 2019-01-19T15:00:59.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T16:24:04.000Z
- Description: Where is my precious wall?
- Author: Branden Koch
- Tags: Art, Drawing, Weekend, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-24 07:34 (2019, 2020, part 1)

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Branden Koch, “Magic Mirror” (2019), pigment ink on paper, 11.25 x 12.5 inches (image courtesy the artist)

Ye, Slave in the Magic Mirror,  
Come to me from deepest space.  
Through wind and darkness I summon thee,  
Speak! Let me see thy face.  
Mirror, Mirror, on the wall,  
Tell me, tell me, tell me all!  
Now that Steve King took a fall,  
Where’s that leave my precious wall?  
“Condemned!” murmured the reply.  
Condemned!? What a thing!?  
I’ll feed those Tigers Burger King!  
Yummy milkshakes and filet-o-fish,  
Oh Magic Mirror, grant one wish!  
This wee apple, can’t you see  
Around the concertina spree?  
Tempt the Dems to take this bait  
Pollute their Wave with fear and hate.