a welcome

image and seen word
join somewhere in your cortex
only if I choose

half-choosing your eye
needing to will your response
beyond screen or page

all beyond my sight
your rapture or mockery
lie hid if you wish

if my wishing-words
silk-bound to backlit pictures
pass into your mind

only your mind’s eye
selecting or rejecting
takes time to choose

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With dear thanks to my friends in Germany, England, and Ireland.