John Anderson Poet Free verse

Notes About The Poem

Möbius strip => A 2 Dimensional strip twisted 180° and joined at the ends. If you move along the surface, you return to your starting point on the "other side" — thus there's only one side.
Klein vase => An extension of the Möbius strip into a closed 3 Dimensional shape (or actually a 4D shape), which loops back into itself so that the inside and outside are the same surface and thus there is only one side.

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Elegant Simplicity of Klein Design

A vase,
simple, elegant
smooth symmetrical,
with only one side, surface
no inside nor outside, only in between
a narrow neck extends up from the bulb
twists back on itself to meld back into the vessel
with no perceptible seam, join or mark at the intersection 
moving over its surface tracing, seemingly left and right, is not feasible
the vase, no flower bears, it holds no air, no water, only nothingness
no rim divides the in from out, no wall circles roundabout
a trace becomes an endless loop circling back on itself
with no start nor end, no curve, swerve or bend
the design is for eyes-only to perceive
for hands and touch get lost
slip off and drift away
in the vacuous
hollowness
of Klein 
design

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