Sunday, February 19, 2017

Visa-versa


If you were to loan me your consciousness for a
Moment or two, and I were to trade mine to you,
I am certain that you and I would see the world
Differently. And as you now, I would probably
Ache with a pain I was not previously accustomed

To feeling. Like you, I could probably walk lopsided
With an arthritically-challenged gait. I may speak
More or less emphatically than I did before. And likely,
I may even perceive an alternate reality which I had
Not before conceived when previously acting as me.

I could look at you, the former me, eye to eye and
Wonder why you squint a certain way or possibly
Ponder the substance of what you, transformed as
Me, had to say. This whole idea far supersedes the
Walking in another person’s shoes” bit, you see,

And quite frankly I am most grateful that those stupid
Clogs are on your feet and not mine. The new me sees
Them as audaciously distasteful. And as me now, I sud-
Denly realize just how confusing and obnoxious you may
Feel a guy like me can really be.

Twisted to say the least.



Chris Hanch 2-19-17

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