Light falls on objects in my periphery; when it hits the retina in the back of the eye,photoreceptors transform it into electrical signals conveyed to the brain, where they reassemble as images: the fig tree's leaves in late afternoon, …  | Luisa A. Igloria April 29 | Light falls on objects in my periphery;
when it hits the retina in the back of the eye,
photoreceptors transform it into electrical signals
conveyed to the brain, where they reassemble
as images: the fig tree's leaves in late afternoon,
pollen coating every plank on the deck;
container ships in the distance, like Lego blocks
crossing the river. How do I know this,
as well as everything else I say I know? Not
just because consciousness isolates how
all these things take up space in the mind, but also
because I feel the sweat pool in the small
small of my back, smell salt in the wind, touch
the gradually purpling plush on the cheeks of fruit.
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