Ray Charles would feel
a woman’s wrist to size her up—
I’ve let you further than that.
Have you seen me now?
According to Helkiah Crooke,
sight is the most important sense
because it verifies what is only
intimated by the others.
But sight alone is faulty, too,
and needs its fourfold reinforcement.
Have you sensed me?
Have you sized me up
and determined my properties?
What are they?
And which sense
do you most trust?
When the condition most
to be feared is blindness,
we close our working eyes.
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