“When looking[,] /
Not seeing[.] /
When touching[,] /
Not feeling[.] //

These are the conditions[.] //

Yet[,] the touch /
And the sight //

Fill the void /
Of their own accord[.]
The eye sees itself /
When the empty hand /
Is forced[.] //

As they close, retract[,] /
Both dissolve[.] //

Numb and done[—] /
A smile, nonetheless[...]”