The doll stares at its owner, eyes sparkling with cruelty. It wakes the baby up, hands her the toy block. The baby, as though possessed, crams the toy in her mouth.

The usual / drama of chiaroscuro, / how it begins / in medias res for the sake / of the viewer.

but really every word sounds like the sun/ sweltering in the middle of Santacruzan

Having two eyes prevents us from simplifying things, from seeing everything around us two-dimensionally. I guess you could say that seeing through two eyes is what makes us human.

The world held us / In glass circles