if i were a sighted man
what would be so different?
i can’t fathom the light
nor you the darkness.
is my reality so different from yours?
can not i hear and taste and feel
the same beauty as you?
can not i walk and talk and dream
just as you?
can not i fear the light,
just as you would fear the darkness?
what would be so different
if i were a sighted man?
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byron gates jr
if.
...and what are the words one uses to describe a compilation?, works from my entire life?, fifty years of carrying around a yellow pad?, fifty years of writing and rewriting, changing the words, as their meanings change for me?
These pieces are extracted from my book of prose, “50 truths and 50 lies, the first 50 years.” Available From: http://www.cafepress.com/byrongates.26516064
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