Martin Robertson

Now and Then

Tourist

The old familiar faces

snapped in exotic places

—Katmandu, Campdown Races,

the Sphinx, the Blarney Stone.

Or the places alone

—Taj Mahal, Parthenon,

Angkor Wat, Avila,

Eiffel Tower, Pont due Gard…

…  Remove the camera

and the eyes behind

are, you’ll find,

blind.