Yin eyes

Mother says I have yin eyes
              that I see the ghosts of her fathers
Mother is wrong,          or right
or right
                         and wrong
'Cause only one eye is yin, and
the other is a perfect yang.

Laozi is my friend, like Jesus
like Buddha, like Zeus
and Athena. I see them all
with my yin eyes (unlike
Mother's ancestors
who I see with my yang eye
'cause they vanished like the Night
when the British touched our shores).

My yang eye; mother must not know
I have it; mother must not know
her Ancestors are in the dark
that the Heavenly King has them bound.

Mother is happy for my two yin eyes
I am happy for my one yang eye
'Cause with it I see her father-
and with it I tell White lies.