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Blind or Deaf do accept

Submitted by lovedly on Tue, 2017-03-21 08:20

What's your preference

In all my long life
of seven decades
plus
I have learned
only a thing
or
maybe two

first is this
''only a blind man
can have sympathy
for a deaf man'''

Question
to all of you

Who is better
a blind one or deaf
I am both

fifty fifty
one plus half -eye
one half
the other half -ear
divided by two

How would you rate me
if I ask you to do

Style / type: 
Free verse
Review Request (Intensity): 
I want the raw truth, feel free to knock me on my back
Editing stage: 
Editing - rough draft

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Geezer

Tue, 2017-03-21 18:00

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an old phrase my mother used to say; when speaking of someone who was not able to see the truth.
It went: " He was blind in one eye and couldn't see out of the other and not being able to find his eyes, he stuck his fingers in his ears." I guess that as long as you can still recognize the truth, you aren't so bad off. Not much in the way of a story here, more like a rant against getting old. ~ Gee.
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lovedly

Tue, 2017-03-21 22:24

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geez
thanks
age only teaches experience

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