Sight Unseen

My glasses are for distance;
I remove them when I read.
I couldn’t drive without them, though – 
That much is guaranteed.

Yet when I sit down for a meal,
My glasses have to go.
They bother me when eating,
Although why, I do not know.

It’s really quite annoying
In a restaurant, ‘cause hey – 
I don’t know where to put them
Where they won’t get in the way.

There’s only so much table space
And it seems like a pain
To have them hung around my neck
On some fahcocta* chain.

I guess they’d rest upon my head
But they’d mess up my hair.
I wouldn’t feel too comfortable
If they were perched up there.

If I rated all my problems,
This is bottom of the slate,
But I’m sure that there are other
Glasses-wearers who’d relate.

*ridiculous
Copyright © | Year Posted 2012


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Date: 10/17/2012 2:52:00 PM
Bifocals for up close and far. And always when I'm in the car. But when I'm at the table conversatin'. They just get in the way of my relatin'.
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Date: 10/15/2012 9:20:00 AM
I love how your mind wonders/wanders... always entertaining :)
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Date: 10/14/2012 9:31:00 AM
Mine are just the opposite---for reading. My son taught be to hang them by a temple, from the top of my shirt. Enjoyed, Ilene
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Date: 10/13/2012 10:42:00 PM
with the way i'm using the computer, i migh be a glass-wearer soon though hope not... a beautiful rendition of a slice of life's reality... shine on!..:) huggs!
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Date: 10/13/2012 9:31:00 AM
An annoying problem, indeed. You have playfully entertained us with your well-wrought work! Good job.
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