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A Poem That Defies Gravity

Note to Reader: Read the instructional note in the image above and then read the poem in the image for the full effect of what I was trying to accomplish. In this poetic form, I am playing not only with words but with geometry and physics. The whole, I hope, is a poetic dance. Opa!

If written in the traditional manner it would go like this:

deeply rooted
resistance to

gravity,
rising obstinately
from descent to

full catastrophe
ever changing
never get used to

a life
fully lived
heaven grasping
through the heart
not shuttering
but shattering to

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(then one could continue)

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a life
fully lived
heaven grasping
through the heart
not shuttering
but shattering to

full catastrophe
ever changing
never get used to