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I Love You Mildred Rogers No Matter What (Free verse) by cat
I am supposed to wear glasses, because I canât see.
I am slightly sightless.
Afflicted with a misshapen left eye and a far less right eye.
In the early morning I canât even see the clock or make out the moles
on whateverâs lying on my dirty sheets.
In the mid morning I canât even see the middles of my view in the
reflection of the rubbed away moist.
I am supposed to wear my glasses all the time, but I donât wear them,
because I like the fuzziness and fadedness of what my eyes see when they
arenât on.
When I put my glasses on, everyone become a little bit uglier, every
thing becomes a little too vivid, every thing is a little too tangible.
With my glasses I can see people from over fifty feet away.
When I donât wear my glasses faces looks a little bit better, because
they donât have wrinkles or zits, and the hair on the heads look a
little better, because they donât have dandruff or split ends.
I donât have to acknowledge that figure way over there or that thing I
am trying to avoid, because I canât see it anyway.
I donât need to see to go on, at least not up here.
Glasses are dumb.
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