Romantic Background

a romantic background can

encourage a romantic breakdown

or a neverending spiral toward

mythological nerd utopia

Euclid's axioms are used all around,

squares mapped onto jagged surfaces

hewn by plate tectonics and

repeated glaciation

parallelograms, arches

and cross-hatching allow for

covered bridges that traverse

these deep valleys that start

romances both fleeting and

everlasting

but this family event is not

taking place in the land of

The Duke's origin or where

characters played by Eastwood

and Streep came to be

fondly remembered by millions

it's in the county just to the north,

covered in its own jagged waves,

limestone parallels and tree-laden

surroundings

and for the couple being considered,

their story is romantic enough without

needing a bestseller to sell it to the wider world

there's is a story for the ages and just

for the tribe's collected members

the quirkier members of the collective

can stand before the Hogback and

the Roseman and take in their grandeur,

but not all others are motivated by it

we are motivated by love and

human ingenuity, but each one

does it in his or her own unique way

and that notion is romantic enough,

considering today's background is

not noise-ridden at all

text messages in the pre-dawn hours

not withstanding

Author's Note

I didn't think I was going to write this weekend. I am usually motivated by events outside my routine and this bit of prose is no different. I wrote it in quick fashion and it's quite rough. Thank you.

Reviews

[Pryde Foltz]

a romantic background can
encourage a romantic breakdown
or a neverending spiral toward
mythological nerd utopia

Oh Goodness … haha … you have me at this first stanza … but you wrote more … let me look.

Bravo … nothing like a touch of realism with romance:)

[Kenneth The Poet]

Thank you, Pryde.

[Lyn Anderson]

The last two lines sum it up the best. You say it's very rough but I struggle to find a hole in the sequential nature of its logic. It makes a perfect kind of romantic sense to me, in so far as said things can be deemed perfect.

[Kenneth The Poet]

Thanks, KL.