Monkey see, monkey do
Hear no evil, see no evil
But by all means, do tell the truth
Let me hear the words so shrill
They address what they do not see
And respond when they do not hear
And profess to knowing my nature
When they have defined the terms
I am neither blind nor deaf
But my words have long since left
Because I see and hear what is tacit
I cannot find words that are succinct
A writer and poet I am
Because I cannot speak –
These words are meant to be oblique
Because I cannot be seen or heard
I would otherwise become unnerved.
~J. L. Tornquist
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