Deaf To The World Poem by Tony Sandy

Thanks for the Poet's Notes. I like (esp.) : 'sense or censorship'. I think I'd opt to give up the realms of sound IF I could keep 'the realms of vision'.

I blame part of my not-so-great hearing on 'narrow ear canals'; I have my wife dredge them every few months.

Re your use of 'dumb', I usually think of 'dumb' as meaning 'stupid' or 'ignorant' though 'dumb' also means 'deaf'.

Great apes and monkeys are both primates, but there are several ways to tell them apart: Tails: Apes do not have tails, but monkeys do. Apes have tailbones as a remnant of their lost tails. Size: Great apes are generally larger than monkeys.

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Without the Poet's Notes, this poem's meaning might elude some (many?) readers. Did I say 'Welcome to PoemHunter'?

Though I find the following line at least EXAGGERATED in its factuality (ok, I made up that word) , I DO LIKE THE LINE: '