Whatever It Was It Was That

The seeker put before the sought

Was the Cartesian method that

Gave its preeminence to thought

Over what was to be looked at.

Now you can seek a lot that way

But mostly what you learn about

Would be the seeker, I would say,

For looking in—instead of out.

But all the same, myself, I’d be

For anything, I’m looking at,

Whatever, that is, which I’d see

I’m very glad of knowing that

I’m seeing something there at all

As I would rather say, hey look!

At something that is big or small

As long as that my fancy took.