collections of inscrutable connections
blistering the air between one thought and the next
Logos sputters, gesticulating wildly
at chalkboards of orderly mathematical protest
exclaiming in strident indignation
at every inconsistency.
yet his quest:
total explanation in total reason
seems founded upon an irrational assumption.
ignorance or denial?
Author notes
Prompt was "Paradox". Essentially, this is about how most people react when faced with a paradox. They sputter intellectually, grasping about to try to "solve" it logically. Nevermind that attempting to logically solve a paradox is itself paradoxical, or at minimum illogical...
A contest entry
- Pick a word - Write a poem in 10 LINES or Less (P) by The Fun House.
1050 points, ended February 22, 42 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Comments
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I'm reminded of having the spins in my youth and collapsing to the street in a druken stupor (the first and only time I'm glad to say). The imagery is well done here
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I love your AN. I like This poem a great deal, but the contest is supposed to be 10 lines!
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Thanks for pointing that out to me. I'd been playing with line breaks and forgot to put it back into ten-line form.
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