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You can go no further. (Free verse) by Dovina

A vanishing point— where edges of the road you’re traveling meet and from which you can go no further. Measure the angle edge to edge, and the distance between, then figure how far you can go to where you can go no further. The higher your eye from the road, the smaller the angle, and the farther to the vanishing point. You can go no further. Clearness of air or thought help none to extend the distance. Even to the blind, the vanishing point does not draw near, and you can go no further. Another eye goes overhead, offers another view. Ask that person how far it is to the vanishing point and whether or not you can go no further.

Dovina 11-May-06/4:32 PM
I am almost always amazed when someone says that a poem is my best, or one of my best. Not that I mind hearing it, but it’s usually something I threw together. My masterpieces seem to languor in everyone’s mind but mine. Still, thanks for the comment.

Zeno’s arrow is an interesting comparison. That paradox is about motion being really rest, while mine is about infinite distance being really finite. Mine is based on the perception of distance from a viewpoint near the ground. In both Zeno’s arrow and my road, the paradox can be eliminated from a more encompassing point of view.

I was trying to get at the idea of narrowly defined geometry and how a science of distance can stem from an observer’s false common sense. I hope the ridiculousness of the narrator’s conclusions can also be seen pointing to other false conclusions drawn from wrong points of view.

Thanks for your comment.




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