| lect | neglect |
| trauma | suffered trauma |
| brain | half of the brain |
| reduced | radically reduced |
| left | objects on their left |
| ‘blind’ | the ‘blind’ |
| ‘seen’ | be ‘seen’; |
| finished | regarded as finished |
| untouched | half remains untouched. |
| patient | any text the patient |
| left | the page’s left. |
Patients who have suffered trauma
in the right half of the brain
can experience radically reduced
perception of objects on their left.
Visitors approaching on the ‘blind’
side of the patient will not be ‘seen’;
a meal is regarded as finished
yet a stark half remains untouched.
When reading any text the patient
ignores all words on the page’s left.