beauty as commonality between men

When you say to me, "this is beautiful”
I hear the whisper of some almost-god

"We are all men here, and this thing
this very thing, this only thing, this thing
is the same to both of us - the affection, the
affectation, the effect - this thing is the common
we - the we, the very we that can only be
reflected in the objections of the objects
we both agree are most you and most me
simultaneously. R...eally."

Or, perhaps, the only almost-god, being
very funny, is whispering, "you beautiful fool
there is no thing there at all, but the bit of me
I wish you to perceive. Silly, silly, beautiful
men."