Looking Through a Glass Eye

May 31, 2010


          Glass eyes are cold.
          Glass eyes are hard.
Stored in velvet lined boxes.
Regular sanitary attention required.

Rainbow beams of prismed light
stop short at the painted pupil.
Corrective lenses only
focus on reflection.

Reflection
is dependant upon the angle
of the head.
Depth perception
comes up short.
Peripheral is one-sided.

For all of its anatomical accuracy
          of size and shape
and artistic quality
          of color and depth
it is still
not attached
to the optic nerve.