Optometry
Measure the eye,
Its capabilities.
Produce numbers
That describe
Its functionality.
Ask the patient
To call out the
Digits and letters
In the poster on
The plaster wall.
The patient will
Feel nervous,
I assure you.
Plastic disc on wand
Held over one
Closed lid,
Your patient’s
Heart might tremble.
It is thus with
Any test of one’s
Experience of
The world, each
Of us seeing
And interpreting
with varying
intelligibility.
Ha, this is awesome.
ReplyDeleteYou know what I want, though? A part of me wants this poem to start large and get progressively smaller, like an eye test. :P