the sunday muse #194 x-ray glasses

when i was
a little kid
i wanted
x-ray glasses
and sea monkeys
but mostly 
x-ray glasses

i wanted to know 
exactly
what grown-ups
were thinking
what was
going on in those
oversized skulls
why the
long blank expressions and
why
they never
listen

i thought
the x-ray glasses
i bought
were broken
cause all i saw
was nothing
no matter what
angle
i looked
nothing but nothing

i thought
maybe
those swirls were just painted on
cheap 
plastic
lenses   
a total scam!

all grown-up
now
and i know
exactly 
what is what
i know 
precisely 
what goes on in these
oversized skulls
and it’s 
nothing
but
sea monkeys

posted for the sunday muse