Pareidolia

There is a word, uniting the Greek term

for next to, or extended from 

with eidolon, meaning image

something glimpsed, as in a mirror, 

and then reflected back to 

the pattern-forming mind.

With this word we have framed

the tendency to find ourselves

 in dusty ceilings, lurid carpets; 

scudding clouds

And folds of cloth. 

Somehow, in old walls, tea towels, or 

Found pebbles,  

our infinitely expressive faces 

are always being figured forth:

aghast, or pensive

inscrutable, or glum.

For most

of all,

in all things,

we like to see 

Our

likeness.