I cannot feel another's thoughts,
                        unless they're dopplered
                                down
                                        away from blue
                                                 from green
                                                 from yellow,
                                down
                                        to deeper,
                                            weaker lambdas.

                I only feel the longer wavelengths of emotion;
                        deep in the red,
                                where warmth leaks out of radiation,
                                        6220 angstroms,
                                        or so,
                                        and more.

                I see only what rushes away.




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