On opting for optometry

 AN IDEA OF IMPROVISATION WITH 

WHAT DESIRE ENCOMPASSES

She said—

as we sipped wine—

she often felt

that glasses

allowed me

to see clearly

what I desired,

even if not why.

Although the truth

probably is, 

that near the end, 

I didn’t get exactly 

what I desired

with ease,

but what I desired

got me uneasy. 

Almost as if 

you misplace your glasses

and search for them

only to find a different

older pair that still work

kind of. 

The Es of desire—

one is a number,

the other a letter

on a compass—

may not point

in the same direction,

but old glasses

can still be filled

with new light.

Isn’t Double vision

still a type of vision—

even if split

by the difference

between her palette

and my palate—

I now ask

no one

and everyone

in particular

or at least 

desire to ask,

tho desire

is a roomy concept?

I have heard sufis 

—who mostly

sip wine

from glasses—

claim

the one may be singular,

because the others are plural,

while quantum physicists

simply state 

that one is plural. 

The ease

I mean,

the glasses—

are no longer

on the table

it seems.