my friend (only because it is only you and me that read this)
i've been misled for the last three years
maybe four
i think four
i should have seen the truth
it was staring me right in my face
or perhaps on my face
what i believed to be
a usually transparent or translucent material consisting typically of a mixture of silicates
residing in the frames that sit upon my nose
turned out to be
any of numerous organic synthetic or processed materials that are mostly thermoplastic or thermosetting polymers of high molecular weight and that can be made into objects, films, or filaments
... i paid glass slipper prices
for a pair of wal-mart plastic flips ...
ironically enough, the assistant to the optemetrist
didn't even bat an eye.