Sacred Geometry by ClockworkGrue
Chew These Chaps ((A Perpendicular Place))
Missed Connections in Montréal
geometry gets us through
our daily lives, our angular ways
we skew and swindle
we measure and mitigate
we follow our own lines
but in precisely navigating
one makes compromises
to cut a novel path
through a nebulous crowd
you will step over a man
asking for change
you will meet eyes with a woman
and not look back
you will hear the news
riddled with drivel
you will collapse under currency
and not know why
you will orchestrate your own image
and hope it’s a window
not a mirror
perpendicular
parallel
parabolic
our trajectories are all the same
these angles we use
lead us inward
in a store window
in a black screen
in an online profile
in a coarse rumor
in her teary eyes
acutely obtuse
these self-wrought lines
will lead us all to the same question
have i already made the biggest mistake of my life?
or is it yet to come?
Her Two Cents
The Montréal MC has had a super high volume of creative writing the last few weeks – and it’s a real credit to the community that these pieces haven’t been flagged for not adhering to the “standard missed connections protocol”. I’m not quite sure what “Chew These Chaps” means… it sounds like “Kiss My Ass” but maybe it’s simply missing a comma between the final two words. 🙂 Regardless of the title, it’s a great piece to read. Could skipping over it be the biggest mistake of your life? Maybe…
