Asked to read lines of letters and numbers projected
on a wall, my eyes confuse G with O and 2 with Z.
The doctor puts large drops of rain in my eyes,
and my eyes get stoned.
He puts a contraption on his head. To my eyes,
it makes him look like a cyborg ant-eater.
A gentle torturer, he shines bright light behind
my eyeballs, and I feel like I'm in a movie from 1971.
He tells me I have "divergence inconsistency"--one
eyeball's a lazy focuser, or is on a work slow-down.
When the doctor giggles, he sounds like Jim Backus
as Mr. Magoo. My ears see the humor in this.
hans ostrom 2018
on a wall, my eyes confuse G with O and 2 with Z.
The doctor puts large drops of rain in my eyes,
and my eyes get stoned.
He puts a contraption on his head. To my eyes,
it makes him look like a cyborg ant-eater.
A gentle torturer, he shines bright light behind
my eyeballs, and I feel like I'm in a movie from 1971.
He tells me I have "divergence inconsistency"--one
eyeball's a lazy focuser, or is on a work slow-down.
When the doctor giggles, he sounds like Jim Backus
as Mr. Magoo. My ears see the humor in this.
hans ostrom 2018
