Way of Seeing
"Et quid amabo nisi quod aenigma est?"
The door shut, keeping the horse out
(This all happening just after a quater past twelve),
the wind was guilty of course.
But the bird sat still
high
content with only ever seeing the white jug from that one angle
and never bath within it.
A boy asked
what does Valise mean?
His father answered
it's like this briefcase.
The wasp admired this scene
from the comfort of a jar
by the window
that split the world into four equal rectangles.
This poem was inspired by John Berger's Ways Of Seeing and the painting The Key of Dreams (below) by Rene Magritte, which is on the cover of Berger's book.
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