What if we live in the same world
But in different coordinate systems?
You—in Cartesian,
I—in cylindrical.
Thus, our life is nothing but
A multidimensional derision.
I always stay cynical,
You follow your gut.
For you, it's an axe and why (x & y),
For me, it's a row and fie (ρ & φ).
Sigh.
When the time comes
To sum things up,
To integrate our functions,
To show what we're worth,
Your volume element looks
Like a mere minuscule sugar cube
While mine—like an aged piece of cheese
Without holes, whole and holistic.
***
We may be made of the same
Molecular substances.
Well, we might even be
Identical twins (which we aren't),
Bearing almost identical genetic material,
Wearing identical pajamas.
But we still have our personal share of mutations.
And don't you forget about epigenetics!
***
And though we live on the same continent,
There're 93 million miles between us.
Or maybe even more, I'm bad at geography.
There are damn too many things I'm bad at.
Should I be ashamed?
Should you be embarrassed?
We'll never know the truth,
Because nobody ever answers
Rhetorical questions.
And I blame the government,
Even though there's not a tear in my heart.
***
It's truly amazing that the distance
Almost does not matter today.
All it can do is empty our wallets,
Or bring nostalgia to our mental door.
Knock-knock! Is that you?
Is that me?
***
Who invented free verse poetry?
[Not to be confused with blank verse.]
Not that it is evil,
Even the discovery of nuclear fission
Was not evil, despite its ugly children,
Fat Man and Little Boy.
But it seems to know no limit.
Free verse poems tend to spread
Like the plague in the middle ages.
Did Camus write a book about it?
Let's pray and hope that nobody
Will ever start writing enslaved verse poetry,
Or captive verse, or oppressed verse poetry.
It would be too much to live with.
About the Creator
Andrei Z.
Overthinker.
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Comments (3)
Hehe, really a delight to the ear and the mind. I really like what you did in this poem.
Hey I think all my free verse are oppressive verses! 😅 I don’t know much about science or Camus, but I still enjoyed your slick work!
Hey, you took my Camus! Seriously, I loved this one. So much in it (as your title suggested)... ;)