What is the point of travel For a DeafBlind person Other than the food the people the shops And all that * Part one young Question mother father Know right name Work some day * The mutant four-fingered carrot Is in the pot and growing Sweeter as it relaxes Its grip * When we say good morning In Japanese Sign Language We pull down a string To greet each other in a new light
Copyright © 2018 by John Lee Clark. Originally published in Poem-a-Day on January 10, 2018, by the Academy of American Poets.