The Square Root of Three

Kumar the terrorist said it best,
under such emotional stress
that the square root of three
was a thing that had no glee
and that it took another root
to make the evil sign moot

Draw a circle of some radius
with the point on the edge,
and then draw its equal with
the new center and same radius,
creating the Venn Diagram that
nobody really remembers at all.

Where the circles intersects on
top and bottom, is the length of
the radius multiplied by one point
seven three two one.

Two souls of perfection meeting
to create the strange image seen
before our collective eyes, stunted
by a lack of symbolic depth.

Picture the middle as the bladder
of a fish, and picture it as the
symbol of birth, the place that men
call the cockpit or their happy home.

And out comes the product of their
union, the child they want, need and love.

If three points in the original Venn
diagram are connected, we see
the most basic of regular figures,
a symbolic tribute to the concept
that Christian apologists say is
the solution to the problem
called the one and the many.

If a third circle is created from the
top of the Vesica Piscis, we see the
symbol that Wiccans and Christians
respecting and using to represent their
beliefs about the essence and existence,
and and adding four more circle in
strategic locations creates the symbol
that Link had to rescue from the likes
of the evil Ganon.

Multiplying the image over and over,
we see a flower appear, a flower of
life as the spiritual artists call it.

And the patterns can be created
ad nauseum, ad infinitum, from
squares to rectangles to hexagons
and all other kinds of things.

Just because of little one point
seven three two one, a number
so unloved and come undone,
but Kumar was always right
because the square root of three
appears only in the certain lights,
the ones called trigonometry
and couplet rhyming poetry,
yet he is also correct that it
symbolizes love be it from within
or emanating from high above.

A new ode for the square root of three,
a number that stabilizes random reality.

Author's Note

Inspiration comes from this clip, pictures I have drawn, and other videos I have seen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtle9YrzTWk

Reviews

[Ronn Michael Salinas]

Quite complements Kumar's poem. Cool.

[Neva Flores Smith - Cha..]

I see into the heart of this poem and my heart cries out with the poets because I see what it is truly wanted here. I see the questions as to why, why? I wish I had the answer, but I don't. Sometimes I wonder if there really is an answer to the unfairness of life.

[emmajoy]

My goodness, i've read this twice, once aloud and very slowly and am truly impressed with its format and content but .. darn it, it's beyond me, beyond both my intelligence and imagination. However, if permitted, I'll keep coming back and maybe, just maybe, one day you'll hear me shout, 'Eureka!'

[roarke]

genius. pure genius. You made this all seem understandable, tangible, memorable.... and all through the expression of your prose. This should be printed in textbooks to motivate and inspire students.

.... so, it's about circles ... right?

[The Rock And Roll Cowbo..]

In short using logic does not always bring the right answers... that is the message I see in this fine poem.