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    At Church with Montesquieu

    My God
    is the god of solid geometries,
    the god of red giants and white dwarfs.
    He winks at me across the universe.

    I smile knowingly,
    though the joke is over my head.

    My God
    cannot hide.

    He is the three sided god of triangles.
    Because I am, He must be.
    Last edited by hack; 06-30-2011 at 11:11 PM.

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    Liked it, hackfish. 'Specially 'he winks at me...'






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    A wonderful God, here... the power and intellect to create stars, but the individual attention and sense of humor implied in that wink.

    I enjoy the economy of your poetry, hack.

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    Thanks for the reads. I edited it some.
    It was inspired by a quote attributed to
    Charles le Secondat, the Baron of the
    title title. It is, "If the triangles made
    a god, he would have three sides."
    Last edited by hack; 06-30-2011 at 11:38 PM.

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    a neat little poem. It's structure and diction suggests simplicity, but the ideas behind it are much more complex. just like geometry, am I right guys? anywaaay, I'll definitely be reading more of your stuff!

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