Distortions

It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see. - Thoreau

Stare.

Glare.

Glance and watch.

Squint and look.

See what perception took.

Gaze and gawk.

Don't talk back or squawk.

Mirror of contemplation.

Lens of propaganda.

Reflection of denial.

Optical illusion.

Rude intrusion.

Viewpoint of  hard luck suspended on truth's sagging wall.

Magnifier of unmitigated gall.

Life's funhouse ....

... distorting all ...

Author's Note

"Direct your eye inward, and you'll find / A thousand regions in your mind / Yet undiscovered. Travel them, and be / Expert in home-cosmography. - Thoreau