Illusory Perspective

a poem

if you can see a bunny and I a duck;

if you can see the old lady, and I the young;

if you can see a glistening gold and white dress, yet I the black and blue;

if you can hear “yanny” and I “laurel”;

is it so shocking that depending on our context given different ingredients different starting points, we can arrive at two interpretations with evidence that seems objective, concrete, cold and uneditable?

#TBINWritingPrompt: illusion gives us perspective

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Hi I’m Lucy Dan 蛋小姐 (she/her/她) and here are links to the references made in this piece! [1] Bunny or Duck? [2] Old lady or young? [3] Gold/White or Blue/Black dress [4] yanny or laurel audio. ♥ PS, I PUBLISHED A BOOK 📚

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^ by Kate Lynch