10th Grade Geometry

Is a circle really a circle?

10th Grade Geometry 

And it was for quite sometime

that I questioned if a circle

was really a circle. 

All on good authority, 

        of course. 

Triangles, I knew they 

were not real. 180 degrees…

Yeah PLEASE!

Hexagon -- it had "hex" in it.

It made me think of witches.

Witches are not real. 

Square -- squares are boring. 

Boredom is not real. 

Rectangle. Come on. 

Parallelogram -- parallelogram

now that is fun to say over and over 

again. 

… fun is not real

Trapezoid… Trapezoid reminds me of

giant space robots.  

They are not real as well. 

Pentagon. Sounds a lot like pentagram 

if you take out the "gon" and add on

the "ram". 

it reminds me of the devil. 

the devil is not real

So, it is my theory,

wait, I mean… 

it is my hypothesis, 

that a circle is not 

really a circle.

Because a circle cannot be real. 

Spheres on the other hand -- 

how stunning... 

Author's Note

A piece that ponders the nature of abstract and concrete objects. Told through the perspective of a curious child

Reviews

[That_Girl]

Nice to finally see a new poem from you, Cole. Truly you're one of the most talented kids here.

This is a favorite for sure. Sharp and witty. Nicely done!