the day he became blind
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The Day He Became BlindAuthor(s): Gregory SimonSource: The Iowa Review, Vol. 5, No. 2 (Spring, 1974), p. 25Published by: University of IowaStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/20158218 .
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THE DAY HE BECAME BLIND
The lake is an invention of the brilliant
and blind captain who never got used to
the wind. He had a daughter who was too
invisible and intransient to be anything but a lake the boys who knew her came
to look in. There was an unplanned tree, and her father felt its light on his face, a transparent fan that turned his skin
into a mirror; appearing too briefly for
him to see what was there. Held just a
moment longer, it was as if it were a
photograph being taken relentlessly by a man who stood in front of us no matter
which way we turned, and who wanted us to
hold the daughter closer, to come down
from beneath the shade of the tree, and to
stand next to the sound of the water
pulling the rocks and grass under. This
is the way he became blind: One day their
ship was struck by a hurricane. The daughter threw up both her arms and evenly let
go of her end of the rescue line.
Simon
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