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Mar 8 5 tweets 2 min read
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uncorrected vision (metaphor for a life)

born unfocused
with a wandering eye
the world a little off kilter
from the time i could see
a halfcrosseyed urchin
glasses at three
years as a pirate
eyepatch and all
an antique stereoscope
the lenticular kind
to bring that lazy eye
to heel
i remember
a steadfast tin soldier in red and blue
and a dog with a plumefeather tail
and squinting and scrunching
face deep in wood frame
to make those pictures 3D
it was all for nothing
none of it any damn good
i'm still unfocused
no depth perception at all
and the left eye still doesn't know
what the right eye sees
© 2014 RC deWinter
Published in Lothlorien Poetry Journal
@LothlorienJ, March 2022
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