brevity's house

Brevity is the soul of wit,
as they say. But what
they do not say is: a wink
is to brevity as windows
of the soul are to eyes. Or
as clicking the lights
on and off in the upper room
of the soulhouse is, seen
through the windows by
some voyeur or passerby.
I should think it obvious why
they do not say it. True. It is
a bit obvious.