Tagged: glasses

seeing and not

seeing and not
seeing is an easy
default – we pick up
the wrong glasses,
blame someone
else for not
looking where
we wish to go
.
20220427:1643
y

home as a haven

home as a haven
and home as a
prison are well-worn
tropes that still require
tinted glasses
with at least
seventy percent
light transmittance
.
20200424:1357
y

perhaps the eighth most

perhaps the eighth most
dangerous thing for a spider
in the shower is

a girl without her glasses
on – compassion plays no part
.
20200229:1511
y

i do not know when

i do not know when
these rose-colored
glasses fell
away from my
face – maybe it was
during some kind of
skirmish, maybe i
slipped them off
between gazing
over there
and looking right
here,
so that i could
see more clearly
.
20170428:2333
y

in my dreams, i

in my dreams, i
have a pair of
glasses that pinches
me awake. i put it
on, and only you
disappear
.
20130712:0822
y

almost ten

almost ten
years later, and you
are still a mystery
same shirt, same
apron, perhaps
a heavier prescription
.
20120415:1258
y

where are your

where are your
glasses now
that you are not
here
to wear them?

i can see them so clearly:

riding on the chest
of a tourist

dangling between
slim fingers in a bakery

hiding
underneath a pillow

suntanning
by the windowsill

or lined up like
abandoned things
in the top drawer of
your corner desk
still waiting

when was the last
time you
touched them?
.
20101112:2142
y

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