WHAT I SAW TODAY Comments

I saw a lover lock the doors,
eat bread, sweetmeats and wait,
doze off in a car in the sun and
chat with a lounger man.

I saw a pair of owlish spectacles on a red bed,
a programme on orphaned children and
a bottle of mineral water next to the telly,
carrots, tomes that I read.

I saw the tap drip with victory,
I saw a hero climbing a mountain
of red, brown, orange, green and grey,
heroes! I barely saw the rustling.

I briefly closed my eyes and bellowed
from almost notnothing to almost notblack.

I saw the paper full with the opinions
of idealists, I saw the young women
and their painted toenails, I saw etc.

I saw grass, houses, wind, a computer,
people in a swimming pool, a beautiful dance,
I saw the jumper I would later wear against the cold.
That is what I saw today.
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