There was a puzzle piece in the mouth of a dead snake. The only recognizable semblance it possessed was something like a moon or comet or planet or star. Then, in the mirror of that distant memory, was the moving image of a boy and girl in secret, watching themselves, not knowing they were being watched through that same mirror. When the mistake occurred, all the light flowed out of that vision; the snake gave a spasm of horror and as it died spat up into its mouth a puzzle piece. It possessed the semblance of a luminous shadowy sphere. When the two pieces were fitted together, they made the two black irises of that girl in her bedroom. But as long as the "I" did not fall into those eyes, the mistake was avoided--that is, the falling into the image. The lovemaking went on yet she remained a virgin. The two snakes revived and began to spiral around a central pole, proceeding in a slow, curious way, like magic or association.