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'Turn the other way' timothy r gates, 10/27/2007

Turn the other way
not this way
or that way
just the other way
which way?
Turn the other cheek
this cheek first
then the other cheek
from the top of the torso
or the bottom of the torso.
She says, he says, they say
no one says, everyone says
no words
many words
silence is louder.
Laugh, cry, sniffle, trickle
sweat, weep, diapered or not
potty trained evolve into depends
grandma doesn't want bothered
doesn't want touched by one she changed.
Look the other way
my way, your way, our way,
no way
still looking, even if blind still seeing
what is seen?