Okay, I haven't looked at the poem above yet because I wanted first to read "On the Blindside" from the link you posted earlier. And, mmm, yes, I enjoyed reading your work again. One of the interesting things in "On the Blindside" (among many, of course) is the vision of the writer. The words on the page, this style that could be used in any other story as well, works to create the vision of the character. And I love the twist, what she learns, that this perception is hers and not Chion’s. Maybe it seems there’s a possibly close connection in this one between narrator and writer. Great how we feel how hard it would be to live like this, seeing things like this, yet how much we want artists to draw it for us, this writer to bring this vision to life. If I were to write down here, every image and line that struck me as breathtaking, as strikingly fresh, and basically amazing (“Milk poured over corn; constellations like the night sky turned inside out and over itself; urban skylines as looped and jagged as handwriting,” and every other description as well as insights into human motivations and complexities in thought), you’d have you’re whole story reprinted. One day I hope you put out a book that shows first drafts alongside second and third. But even that I don’t think would explain it all. There’s something remarkable in your vision. And congratulations! It’s this story that’s appearing in the Year’s Best, isn’t it? All your successes are well-deserved and especially good for us, your readers. And now onto poetry.