An Act of Seeing

from "When the minds eye is blind" - Scientific America

An Act of Seeing

woolen eye lids dry as desert gray

dung beetles scratching out imaginative existence

silly orbs playing tricks

i was eating clam spaghetti in white rue sauces and

drinking some exotic, frozen ................................

crystal-

sweet elixir with

coarse grain sugar clinging to the frosted rim

like boxcars to the track

I guess some things are just a mystery

E.

02/26/2023

Author's Note

Reviews

[FGFRANKLIN]

There are dreams and dreams within dreams; daydreams, nightmares and moments of sheer nostalgic recall. What do we see? What do we want to see? Do the street signs hang like art or garbage in the breeze? We can look and not see or see and not fully comprehend. The pixilated dot becomes clearer the further we move away and it joins the scheme of a bigger picture. But we can never get the perspective of the whole because we are part of the picture.

[Einstein Noodle]

thank you so much for your thoughtful comments Mr. Franklin! i so appreciate and agree with everything you wrote .. love and peace and flowers ..through those rose colored glasses ;)
E.

[FGFRANKLIN]

Love the Moody Blues by the way...my favorite by them is Question. I love the line in the break where he sings, "I'm looking for a miracle in my life..." Classic.

[Einstein Noodle]

yes .. i think they represented the transcendental among us back then .. such a lot of searching minds and colors

[Neville]

............................... very Daliesque & likewise demands my fullest attention and on numerous occasions ... I do imagine :) .. Neville

[Einstein Noodle]

love that Dali and all his dalliances ... yes my very good friend .. right here at the Cafe' .. let us imagine shall we!? love ya man!
E.

[NormaZ]

I love all the textures in this poem, the woolen eyelids and the coarse sugar, it’s very alive to me.

[Einstein Noodle]

thank you very very much Ms. Norma! i am happy as a clam you find it alive .. love it! so grateful
E.

[Betty Hermelee]

Sometimes we see things with clarity and sometimes, we do not; but we have other senses like drinking some mysterious concoction and that we can still enjoy...."those gentle voices I hear"....seeing new things in a different way, finding our path on our own journey....."I;m just beginning to see.... it doesn't matter" those good old Moody Blues, love them!!!
Warmly, B

[Einstein Noodle]

now i know we are in love Ms. Betty ;))) .. oh the Moodys ... so happy to have you here on my pages, reading and letting me know what you think and feel ... peace be with you
E.

[Betty Hermelee]

You're very welcome E.
Warmly, B

[Olita Tupou]

wow spagetti meatballs my favourite, lots of flavours with a twist

[Einstein Noodle]

nice to meet you Olita ... meatballs or clams .. spaghetti goes with most anything .. thank you for your review
E.

[Andra Dare]

I like this a lot. You weave surrealism and realism beautifully.

[Einstein Noodle]

thanks Ardra! i am grateful you can appreciate my style ... it's not for everyone i do realize. ;) so nice you are back .. i will certainly repay your visit .. peace and joy
E.

[Robert Trakofler]

Mine eyes have seen the glory of the running of the orbs! LOL, I am so familiar with that brain fog these days Einstein I don't even need a fancy cocktail anymore it comes to me all naturally these days:) But the fun thing about having a broken brain is I often do see things with a different slant now whether or not that slant is always correct I leave it up to the jury LOL as always... clever mr einstein

[Einstein Noodle]

i feel happy for your visit to this one sir! Native American cultures of old held those "tetched in the haid" as special gifts from the Great Spirit ... it's a bit like .. if there were no darkness .. how would we recognize the Light?! peace and joy .. thanks for your reviewing
E.

[Lisasview]

Hi there,
I too was away for awhile..one thing after another..Recently I broke my clavicle bone, falling on our terra cotta kitchen floor and landing on a hot tray (right out from the oven) of burning hot cheese appetisers..so not only a broken clavicle, but 2nd degree burns as well on my back!! Talk about painful.
I am typing with on finger on my left hand.
Inspiration is a funny thing...isn't it...
Well, I am delighted to read another one of your very clever poems!
Lisa, in Spain

[Einstein Noodle]

dear Lisa!! i am so very sorry for your mishap and ensuing painful recovery .. you are a hero ma'am .. just keep on typing with what we have eh!? .. what a great review .. thanks for sharing you thoughts and bit of life ... be careful ... please!!
E.

[Temperance]

Well, Mr. E, it's been quite a while since I've visited the cafe and, behold, you have a few new ones I haven't had the pleasure of reading. I like that this one is light and, not as deep as many of yours tend can be. Sometimes our eyes do play tricks on us. Mysteries abound! Glad to see you writing again. Temp

[Einstein Noodle]

Thanks Temp! i have been unable to find inspiration for such along time it seemed .. i finally started an attempt at a sonnet and was able to squeak out a few in my own abstractness .. still working on the sonnet ;)
E.

[Lorry]

Sir Noodle!!!
I see you have tricked me once more, with your writes that somehow seem to dissolve from my newsfeed, while others actually get real actual updates, actually! (that is actually way too many actually's... actually.)
I may have finally figured out your writing trickology. I reckon one of us are drinking a sweet elixir and the other is drinking absinthe!
If it is you, well each to their own, but if it is I, just leave him alone, he's quite happy there, not realising he's quacking at ducks while n****e deep in a pond.
But why is that big duck looking at me with question mark eyebrows and shaking his head?
Are you that big duck? 😊
Ps... Don't tell the nurse I'm awake again. She might think that fake badge fools us into thinking her name is Jones, but I bet it says nurse Ratched underneath! 😊

[Einstein Noodle]

just love your reviews sir it might help to talk to Nurse Jones to ask her old man https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=we37yX3zpKA
love and peace my friend .. thanks so much!
E.

[Lorry]

Nice one E... And the big giant duck loved it too! 🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆 Oh and happy Easter too... 🐣🐣🐣🐣🐣

[Einstein Noodle]

:) ........................