When i asked them if they saw you
they said all they saw was sneer-eyed birds
with long fingernails
blue as iron
hard as steel (you're invisible to everyone but me)

when i asked them if they saw you
they said all they saw was milk-nosed cats
with empty blue dishes
some are real
some are false (you watched it all and laughed)

when i asked them if they saw you
they said all they saw was fish in a circle
with sad wet eyes
some swimming
some crawling (you always liked GOLDfish)

when i asked them if they saw you
they said all they saw was long-necked spiders
flying on phony filament
with saliva-jaws
and claw hands (you grabbed everything you could)

1980