"Can you see me?" I say,
crouched under a tree
A little five year old
Playing hide-and-seek

"Can you see me?"
Sliding down a hill
behind a snowdrift
Ten
and scared

"Can you see me?"
Once more, I'm asking you
Your soiled teenage girlfriend
Begging your eyes
Your glorious eyes
To look farther
Than anyone
Has ever
Done
Before