Who discovered the mirror? <br />We don't, at all, remember. <br />To show our faces beautiful, <br />How much it's really useful? <br /> <br />Above the wash basin <br />The glittering teeth clean <br />We see first every morn, <br />Before the day starts on. <br /> <br />The curly hair to comb, <br />The mustache to trim, <br />The oily face to foam, <br />How it helps at home? <br /> <br />Is there any beauty parlor, <br />Or a fancy dress store, <br />Or a modern shop tailor, <br />With no full size mirror? <br /> <br />Inside the ladies hand bags, <br />Or the gents coat pockets, <br />How the tiny mirror hides, <br />For their face-touch up uses? <br /> <br />To see the distant stars, <br />Or to find the tiny microbes, <br />How it serves a giant telescope, <br />Or a small but sharp microscope? <br /> <br />Mirror, mirror everywhere, <br />With our life for it to share, <br />Thanks to the unknown discoverer <br />For this all-time useful mirror.<br /><br />Rajaram Ramachandran<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/who-discovered-the-mirror/
