Is said: they don’t build houses now in
the way we remember they did.
Is said: people involuntarily move
their eyes when retrieving an image
from memory.
Is said: what is that circular object in
the background — a ceiling light or a
white bowler hat?
Is said: the mind plays tricks, but that
looks like Mr. Behoover & his Hung-
arian friend close by the object.
Is said: they’re so small, which means,
even allowing for perspective, the house
in the foreground must be enormous.
Is said: the mind’s gaze defaults to
a masculine paradigm.