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Eye Chart - by Nuala Watt

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T H E E Y E C H A R T I scowl towards his voice. He says the mapmarks how far vision goes. If I could creep up close I’d learn the journey. His technique restricts me to a chair so he can track how far I travel down the chart alonebefore I pause. […]

From Macbeth - by William Shakespeare

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Is this a dagger which I see before me,
/ The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee.
/ I have thee…

From the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh - by Andrew Greig

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My only talent lay in these.
/ My father rubbed his hands together,
/ stared as though their whorls held codes
/ of thirty years obstetric…