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Of Curves and Straight Lines (Free verse) by Quarton
Straight lines drawn,
meeting
in right angle fetish;
harsh symmetry reflected,
ninety degree penchant,
sharp and abrupt vision
to brain.
Shortest distance from here
to there. Direct route,
stripped down, no frills;
been there
four right angles before.
Curves, banked and winding,
meandering;
easy on the psyche,
relative understanding.
Light bent gently,
attracted--refracted
by gravity's sure embrace.
Soft, natural curvature,
fingers running--tracing,
a lover's hand embracing.
Road ahead tightening;
spinning--careening
out of control.
The artist, brush in hand,
pondering--visualizing,
deft strokes from A to B.
Direct or wandering,
line perhaps spiraling
or one dimensional,
straight line confining.
Nature's scope unbounded,
flowing--undulating,
Crick and Watson expounded.
Double-helix; twists and curves,
in profusion cloning;
genetic perfection--reflection;
God's image everywhere.
Straight line mentality,
linear thinking--measuring,
over-analysing; dead end
reality--commonality.
Blinders firmly attached;
gazing straight ahead.
Cubism, Pablo's idealism,
three dimensional, fragmented;
perception's unique imagining.
Conceptual realism
with superficial sightings,
heads in unison nodding;
blank stares and dogs barking,
trespassers beware.
Earth's curvature astounded,
simplistic--realistic;
straight lines prone,
reality reclining--defining
and confounded.
Cubism applied conceptually
like the moon and stars,
tiny orb rising--rounded.
Circular reality--duality,
projectile spinning,
curving-returning;
life's round about learning.
Vortical winds blowing,
earth rotating
and solar system revolving;
light sustaining sunlight
shining--defining.
Milky Way turning--burning,
black holes gravity defying;
galaxies circling in clusters
like atoms in microcosm.
Electrons in orbit whirling;
matter implying--surmising
energy's presence--essence.
No curves or straight lines
to compare--
no substance anywhere.
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