prompt that was illusion
illusion into prompt


I looked at this
and saw
a stone valley
with fossils of an oasis
skeletons
or
trees

and it’s a close-up of
the elephant
eye
in the center
and have we noticed how
lovely are the curves
of
eyelashes

gray
lines
curved
and some seem broken
maybe that is age
or
by design or how age
is designed

a marvel of reality
made for itself
and
for our wonder
if
we may impose the will of
the designer

and as I might see so well
and
given to touch instead
I’d have a part in that old story
I
suppose
of
how is the pachyderm
depending
on the senses and conclusions of
beholders


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(actually, I was looking for a picture of a boat when I was struck by enigma of the photo above)


photo by Wolfgang Hasselmann on Unsplash