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0 posted 2005-06-20 10:44 PM


these glasses warp the world
                  force me to see normal
I could rip them off
             twist
                   and the lenses bounce
       damn them
but at least they can only
                    bend dirt now
the frames make a wire monkey’s fist
                 it would fit better inside
        my head
could still stretch ear to ear in there
                     like a short circuit
everything’s gone soft
                  small
                      but that finch
trying to be a blurry yellow leaf
           and make his dancing
                          in and out of the tree
             into a spring fall spring
sounds the same



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1 posted 2005-06-20 11:27 PM


Ed...I have glasses just like that...somehow sad, the way this made me feel.  
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2 posted 2005-06-21 12:05 PM


But hopeful -- that's the whole point.....the world is real and we can still perceive it somehow if we will.... whether we accept our natural blur or assume some forced clarity that the modern way gives us, a bird sings the same song. If we try, we can still see him do those simple natural things....like settle to the ground, then fly back up to his branch when the spirit moves him.

That's wonderful, when you think about it.

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3 posted 2005-06-21 12:18 PM


Ed....Yes it is!!
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4 posted 2005-06-21 03:09 PM


Even the forced clarity my glasses provide is beginning to be a bit blurred... I need new ones. *S* But... I see clearly through your vivid images... This is wonderful! *S*
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