Saw the Aleph from everywhere at once,

saw the earth in the Aleph,

and the Aleph once more in the earth

and the earth in the Aleph, saw my face

and my viscera, saw your face,

and I felt dizzy, and I wept,

because my eyes had seen that secret,

hypothetical object whose name

has been usurped by men but which

no man has ever truly looked upon:

the inconceivable universe.

JORGE LUIS BORGES, THE ALEPH