Owl’s View
Two eyes
That’s all we get.
Our vision confined to a “V”
Straight ahead with two peripheral asides.
Looking backwards confined to rearview mirrors.
Not like the Owl
Whose neck swivels with
cinematic panoramas
Seen simultaneously.
An inclusive perspective.
Or the Giraffe
Whose tall neck
Towers above to
See through
Obstructions.
Reflections go backwards
Tiding up perceptions,
No eyes needed
But the impressions
Always resemble the “V”.
Until we can swivel and tower above
Our remembrances lack insight
With one dimensional distortion.
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