I woke last night
realized it must've been Jim
my co-worker who turned my eye
who was always turning my eye.
I suspected some overnight chaos
rattling objects on my desk
averting its gaze left or right.
In the beginning
I didn't know it was an eye
picked it up in a parking lot
walking to work
milky white quartz
smooth and round.
For a long time
just a stone on my desk.
I colored a black iris
never thought of Jim
working late into the night
all alone
with a stone eye.
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