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The Eyes have it

“Touch comes before sight, before speech. It is the first language and the last, and it always tells the truth.”
― Margaret Atwood, 

 

The Eyes keep their eyes on you.
It's a licence to spy. Don't let it go by.
He's starting his car! Is he going far?
Is it essential travel? How do we know?
Should we inform Eyes Central?
Not everyone can become an Eye
We have a tattoo of the eye,
Beneath our left breast.
Done without anaesthetic.
It's a test.
We never rest.
We record transgressions as we see them
On our community support i-pads.
Do these young people want to spread the virus?
They're going the right way about it, if they do. 
I saw that dog this morning.
He's already had a warning.
Night is rising (not falling)
From the pink sunset.
Darkness is a problem for us Eyes
Everywhere should be floodlit.
Then we'd know. 
That'd do the trick. 

 

George Orwell - 1984 - It was one of those pictures which are so contrived that the eyes follow you about when you move. BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU, the caption beneath it ran.

◄ Biba

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