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An eye, trees
Originally uploaded by jhhymas

ALL EARS

either my receiver is on the blink
or you are not coming across well

you are not coming across well
I decide, after fiddling with the volume.

it is like listening
to a radio broadcast
of a staring contest with a duck

after a long silence
the duck says
are we on the air?

--Billy Collins Field Magazine, early 70's