Rubik's Cube Ball: Oxymoron
I've given thought to "What if Rubik's cube was round?"
My answer might be considered to be somewhat profound
Initially, my reaction was, "If it ain't broke don't try to fix it,"
but that would be a lame deduction, so I decided to nix it.
Nearly fifty years ago, Erno Rubik created his colored cube
Some people have tried to solve it by watching You tube
but that defeats the purpose of the puzzle being a task
So, would it be any easier if it were round, you now ask?
My imagination zeroed in on the concept of that thought
without a solution to my query, my mind was left wrought
It was a point to ponder and trivial, to say the least...
A spherical Rubik's cube made my brows furrow and crease.
If dropped it would roll away to hide beneath the couch
That's fine since trying to solve the thing makes me a grouch
The name would have to be changed from cube to 'ball.'
It'd make no sense to call a circle a cube; no sense at all.
In fact, it would be an oxymoron; a contradiction to explain
Ridiculous, since the braintease was driving me insane
It would be harder to hold, and since a circle has no sides
There'd be no possible solution and no instruction guides.
I gave up on the idea of making Rubik's Cube in the round
My brain refused to exercise any more ingenuity to expound
On the notion, I'd already spent too much time transfixed
I trashed the suggested shape change, and left it deep-sixed.
1/7/2021
If the Rubik's Cube Was Round
Sponsored by Kai Michael Neumann
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