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slender haven
I deliberately made this poem very jagged in rhythm and wordplay
waxen willow
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slender haven
hi trtl!
waxen willow
hmm, hadn't I read it before?
slender haven
hmm, hadn't I read it before?
probably
waxen willow
i like it a lot
slender haven
I wanted to explain the poem so I posted it here as opposed to poetry discussion
slender haven
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waxen willow
it's really damn good, especially the idea
waxen willow
hmm, maybe a Godel refference would have been suited better than the Schrodinger one
slender haven
the poem doesn't have difficult diction or iambic pentameter or even a consistent stanza structure so I know it looks simple at a first glance but I overthought a lot of it
it's meant to sound a bit satirical
:D
waxen willow
the poem doesn't have difficult diction or iambic pentameter or even a consisten...
you let the message glow
slender haven
hmm, maybe a Godel refference would have been suited better than the Schrodinger...
ooh
waxen willow
yk, we don't need to hide behind the words
slender haven
perhaps
I like schrodinger's better though
my point was not to continue the theme of incompleteness but to show a grim resolution to the internal conflict in the poem
waxen willow
haha, yea, conceptually, yea
slender haven
Yes, schrodinger's cat is "in limbo" in the liminal space of life and death
but if you think about the cat in that box by itself stuck
it struck me that it is dead
just psychologically
waxen willow
slender haven
reminded me of the eternal struggle to find meaning
waxen willow
reminded me of the eternal struggle to find meaning
well, that what makes it interesting
slender haven
we agonize over whether we are 'alive' or 'dead' to the point where we are living as though we are dead
poor kitty stuck in a box
waxen willow
reminded me of the eternal struggle to find meaning
hmm, I have a piece too, idk if you saw it
slender haven
poor us, stuck in our own heads...
slender haven
well, that what makes it interesting
I suppose so
waxen willow
reminded me of the eternal struggle to find meaning
It is the tik
with the echos in tak
forever the trick
about that…shall we talk?
Maybe the seconds
love burning themselves,
igniting their reckons,
words flaming the shelves
The warmth is empty
between the red tongues
am I worthy
to know their holes?
The fire dances waltz
hearing our breath,
spinning the moments
among the death
But all this warm rot
seems to have a scope
expecting Godot
Maybe meaning comes from waiting
we're born waiting to die
we just occupy our minds with something else until then
slender haven
"Maybe the seconds
love burning themselves,
igniting their reckons,
words flaming the shelves"
no because this is amazing
my goodness
waxen willow
"Maybe the seconds
love burning themselves,
igniting their reckons,
words flamin...
haha, it's a very old one
slender haven
we just occupy our minds with something else until then
One must imagine Sisyphus happy
slender haven
haha, it's a very old one
🔥
waxen willow
One must imagine Sisyphus happy
haha, at least he doesn't wait for anything
he's already damned
he's freed
slender haven
would you say we are free because we too are damned?
waxen willow
we're not free
time is insuportable for us if we don't wait for something
it doesn't make any sense
we need to wait
even if that means to go up with the elevator
slender haven
I think we are free in our certainty as we wait
certainty in our eventual death
certainty in our uncertainty
slender haven
life is fun that way
waxen willow
half alive
slender haven
living is dying
waxen willow
🙂
slender haven
I hope you have a great day :D