Don't open your eyes

Don't open your eyes
for goodness' sake
don't you dare look.
But file, and queue
And if you're shut out
Just shut up
and mark your cross with your thumb print

Don't open your eyes
for God's sake
I tell you what,
Look at these shoes instead,
Red wedges, blue converse; Red or Dead.

Eyes flick open
Focus, flutter
Shutter wide.