Imperatives

IMPERATIVES
beset 
with
 real &
fictional &
  still  
becalmed
 with  
the traditional
seamlessly 
intertwined

the contemporary
 remains 
a
centrepiece
  the spectre 
of
today  its
 intensity
to the fore
&looks beguiling
& still 
so
inviting

the
constant
 tension  between
  similarity
 &application
  before vanishing
in
the chaos
 &
 unsettling effect
of
constant gestures
&
subtle
 crisis
of
 naturalistic
 beauty
in
  mercurial display
its reticence
 so roughly
construed
 in finery
so oddly bare
  impressive 
&
 resilient

&expressive
but remaining
opaque
&
ambiguous

NOTE:THIS IS AN OPEN(organic) FORM VERSE   using spaces&breaks without grammatical symbols ,the ' open' relies upon 'the one breath limitation' & so inherently requires the 'reader' (reciter) to input and responds thus making this enigmatic form a two way interplay & interpretatIon unique to the moment& changing according to mood is inherently variable.
Copyright © Brian Strand
Copyright © | Year Posted 2022

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