Second Sight

I just journeyed back to
Paris, Florence, and Provence
with remembered, favorite sights

extensive travels years ago
tucked away in memory trunks
filled with enchanting images

crepes, catacombs, water lilies
Duomo, David, Uffizi
sunlight, lavender, and poppies

uncrowded, solo views now
mind-etched in smiling moments
found again in fiction-book visits.

Genderizing

Narcissists
mostly men

"I"talkers
rare listeners

co-opters
of others' thoughts

spotlight need
usual for them

self-absorbed
in obliviousness.