poem

 Semantics

Psychopaths and cycle paths

Gonorrhea or gonna leave ya 

Enunciate and listen

Pay attention

Every sound a discrete meaning

It’s the lapses that lead 

To catastrophic misunderstanding.

Every new understanding implies the existence

Of a previously elusive defined significance.

The converse, however, isn't necessarily true.

Any potentially comprehensible tenet

Might remain forever shrouded in mystery,

Beyond the reaches of earthly knowledge.

Worse, an absence of understanding

Tells you nothing about whether a meaning exists

Or not. Some even say that most understandings 

Are strictly semantic, disconnected from actual maxims

Like compendiums on ancient mythologies

We all now know were completely made up.

This asymmetric juxtaposition of knower and known

Characterizes the essence of the human condition

For those who still try to understand

But don't.

Understandably, it can be too much to handle.

For some, insanity ensues

While others enjoy the ride 

On the paved trails of the metropark.

5/11/25