Those eyes are visionary, just like those of Di-Di, the boy’s younger sibling too. Just like mine.” The two head for the garden, father carrying his son on his shoulders shouts, “We’re ready for takeoff” and the boy comments ‘his eyes shine like runway lights.’ Meeting grandfather, the boy notices that he too has similar eyes though his look at the world ‘through the lenses of time’ and he ‘holds the wisdom of generations’. The comets and constellations show you their secrets, and your eyes can foresee the future. Seemingly no offence was intended but Kurt’s portrayal of the boy with slits for eyes has hurt his feelings, especially as the others in the picture all have wide open eyes.īack at home, father and son stand in front of a mirror and the boy is comforted by these positive words, “Your eyes rise to the skies and spread to the stars. The boy comes out of school upset and shows his father a picture drawn by one of his classmates entitled ‘My Friends’. With similar themes to Eyes that Kiss in the Corners is this sequel with a boy narrator and a focus on the male members of his family.
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