New binoculars
gift from my love
specially made
for astigmatic eyes–
right diopter focuses
separate from left,
accommodating one nearsighted,
one farsighted.
And with zoom–
unusual for binoculars.
I zoom like Superman
sweeping across Croatian minefields
to view unreachable monuments.
Go anywhere
instantly.
See anything
instantly.
Back home
out rear window
through my new super eyes
I swoop into yard
hover over lazy cats
like an Angel
Or fly across alley
to sweatshop
in through open
fire escape
door
over
loom
like a moth
hang there
inches away from
Chinese woman’s back
sensed
but not seen
suspected
but not proven
like the ghost that haunts me,
hovering over
my own back.
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