Wednesday, April 04, 2007

i test

I went to the opticians. What seems to be the problem, she said. Life appears flat, I said, dull and uninteresting; I saw a sunset last week, the sky was washed out and listless, birds hung from the trees like paper napkins, the blue was an empty canvas God had brushed the clouds on. No problem, she said, I have just the thing for you. She handed me a pair of 3d glasses. Try these to bring out the world around you, she told me, watch in amazement as flowers and trees pop into life before your very eyes, you'll swear you've never seen anything like it, buses will look like they're coming right for you, you'll duck, you'll scream, life will seem so close you can reach out and grab it; it'll be just like being there.