I like this Matt, a good description of the eye test, Nothing I can think
off to change. Bw Sally J
>From: "Merritt, Matt - Leic. Mercury"
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>Subject: New sub: Eye Test
>Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2004 09:55:41 +0100
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>Eye Test
>
>After the wall charts, the pirate patch,
>a finger of cold air jabbed into each retina,
>and answers you think she wants to hear
>every time she tries a different lens
>it's the only bit you enjoy -
>darkness,
> then face to face with the machine
>that blinks bulbs on and off
>in patterns that must mean something.
>You're doing well, you tell yourself,
>when you see each constellation
>flash and fade somewhere deep inside.
>Afterwards on the street, gaze fixed dead ahead
>or firmly on your feet, you will wait and wait
>to catch worlds spinning at the edge of sight.
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