Like a pinata

Lovely, funny Lily Tomlin: the mind is like a pinata.

Me: the mind is like a skillet. Or an eclair. Or a bowling lane. Or a lap. Maybe a flea market. Definitely a pudding.

The Dickinson oracle: the mind is like

A Coffin - is a small Domain,
Yet able to contain
A citizen of Paradise
In it's diminished Plane -
(E. Dickinson, from 890)