For a reflection to be cast
there must be light
and so Apep was made
inferior in the mirror’s image,
cast below the waters of creation
like an afterthought.

And Ra was cast above,
circling the vast world beneath
but never removing his eye from his other.

What does brotherhood mean to the gods?
Is it only a likeness that threatens to ****?

A series of copies, each one
serving to dilute the last,
until the original is a dull blade
that cannot even **** itself.