see with the eyes of a horse
whose irises are rows of blue flowers
the world is green and edible
see with the small eyes of a pig
the world is dim and narrow
people are tall and hungry
see with the isinglass eye of an old stove
while the fire in its belly
looks out at a combustible world
see with the eye of a window facing east
light and darkness rising
never coming down again
see with the eyes of a believer
who does not believe what he sees
but sees what he believes
see with the eyes of a painter
who paints what he cannot see
until he has painted it
see with the practical eye of a woman’s sex
the world is hard but not durable
fails when most needed
see with the curious eye of a man’s sex
many worlds full of mystery
the same secret hidden in each
see with the eyes of a lover
who sees his reflection in a thumbnail
and falls in love
see with the eyes of a prophet
who sees a hammer approaching a thumbnail
and a new nail growing beneath it
see with the bright eye of a lake
the sky and reflect it
the mountains and reflect them
see with the dark eye of a lake
great depths where fish undulate
let that eye go to sleep at night
while the other eye stays open
a trap for the moon
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