he doesn’t need spectacle

He Doesn’t Need Spectacle

July 02, 2025

He doesn’t need spectacle.  
He comes with wonder.  

You don’t have to sell it to him,  
or to me.  
He doesn’t need it dressed up.  
He’ll find the drawer,  
the light,  
the texture of wood  
against his gums.  

A moment doesn’t have to perform  
to earn his attention.  

He gives it freely  
because everything is new  
and nothing is trying too hard,  
unless it does.  

This is what it looks like  
before algorithms,  
before edits,  
before the pitch.  

Just wonder,  
arriving as he does,  
with both hands open.