geometrics
squares within squares
within squares
and on into
infinity
stare tunnel-ward
feel the draw of hyperspace
or shrink into
nothingness, as near
as possible
at the epicenter
just a dot stands guard;
a placeholder
hinting at the end of
this world
or a precipice
into a universe beyond
tunnel’s end
oh, such exquisite
possibilities.
I’m no artist, and that’s probably why my time fiddling with an Etch-a-Sketch consisted primarily of drawing decreasing squares until I could go no further. The resulting tunnel provided countless hours of contemplation for me as a child. I’m either incredibly imaginative or unbelievably dull.
Peace, people!
Praying for Eyebrowz 
‘Incredibly imaginative’ I’d say…personally I never once mastered the Etch-a-Sketch, not that I’m jealous or anything!
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Have you seen some of the art people have produced on an etch-a-sketch? It’s incredible.
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I have – a fact that made my own inadequacies seem even worse. Then again my handwriting is illegible and I cannot draw for toffee.
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I have great handwriting, but that’s because I’ve been practicing my autograph for years.
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What with Etch-a-Sketch and writing skills plus your calligraphic autograph I’d say I’ve lost 3 points to zero on the day!
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I win! I win!
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You’re manners are better than my Shirley’s…when she beats me at Scrabble (pretty much every time we play) she just points at me saying, ‘Loser, loser’!
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Lol! The more I hear about Shirley the more I love her.
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A diamond gal I’d be lost without! Thank you…she’s a whizz on FB by the way…no cakes, cats or kids!
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She and I should be FB friends. Although, I do like cats. And the occasional kid.
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She adores cats and kids and dogs especially (bit of a pied piper if the truth be told). The only decent thing I’ve ever written was about her as it happens
https://mikesteeden.wordpress.com/2014/09/08/the-impish-daughter-of-eve/
She goes under the name of Shirley Blamey (we are long since married yet when we ran the PI business it looked better if the partners surnames were not the same – how pathetic is that looking back). I think you’d get on really well.
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I go by Leslie Hall Noyes. I’ll look her up; although, she might detest my extremely vocal political stance.
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I think not…she spouts off from time to time herself. Don’t think she likes Trump much, also his UK equivalent one Nigel Farage!
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Oh, I’ll have to look up your Nigel. What a great name for a villain. Nigel Farage. Does that rhyme with garage?
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He certainly does rhyme with garage! He is all the ‘phobic’ on the end of the word wrapped into one…nasty piece of work.
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He needs his own poem, I think.
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Getting the UK to leave to EU and ignoring the plight of genuine refugees is his major quest in life…I could rite a poem about him yet it might not be worded in way I would wish others to see…quite a horrible chap with a following among those who don’t care for others.
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Wow! He is your Trump.
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Oh yes…another satirists dream come true!
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On the Etch-a-Sketch?
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Well, not everyone carries their etch-a-sketches around, so I mostly practice with pen and paper. 😜
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Lol
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Brilliant!x
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Thank you!!!
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nsever heard of an Etch-a-Sketch, but reading your verses pulls the reader into some kind of tunnel…very effective
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Thank you!
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🙂
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An exquisite poem! I am a believer in tunnels and portals. It is how the best gifts come to people – like imagination.
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Thank you!
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