POLARIZED
got both my eyes independently polarized
can now
scan for ultra violet
track via
infra red
still
am bad with obstacles these
upgrades notwithstanding,
find things hard
sometimes to negotiate
take Libra, sign of order
despite itself sometimes,
its poets, philosophers
lovers
leaving me wholly unbalanced
seriously wandering
off the beaten track
making me
strong, yet
also killing me
let me measure
two of your natives
point for point
in your
immaculate pans
my eyes, my heart
and mind especially
in your presence never
failing to
deceive me
that sheer stuff you were
wearing both
at that moment
failing in the art of subtly
suggested seduction (sadly
not
having read the right page
in that ancient manual)
whilst
your counterpart, short and sweet when
it came
to required etiquette
claiming
her conquest, cave-woman style,
no kicking, no screaming,
dragging me off
to her gilded cage
