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The Bare Infinitive

THE BARE INFINITIVE 

Look: up above the stratosphere 
Outside the earth's protective veneer
Beyond planets stars and galaxy 
Past even faintest nebulae

Far from the pull of gravity
Free of Dark Matter's hidden vector
In existential cavity
Untied to any spacial sector

All human weakness risen above
In solitary freedom primitive 
Beyond the bonds of hate or love
There sits the Bare Infinitive

No cares nor problems, fears nor pains
But there's one question that remains
From Liberty did he take a blessed kiss? 
Or to false seductive promise succumb
Is he in sublime unfettered bliss?
Or formless, endless tedium

Copyright © Geoffrey Brewer | Year Posted 2017

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Agnes Krampe Date: 10/16/2017 1:35:00 PM I enjoyed your poem, and especially the creative rhymes. I love seeing words like "vector" in a poem :) Congrats on your win, Geoffrey. Login to Reply Geoffrey Brewer Date: 12/17/2017 11:40:00 AM Thank you, Agnes. I’m glad you like rhymes. They are the only type of poem I can do.

Gregory Richard Barden Date: 10/13/2017 5:24:00 AM Beautiful write, Geoffrey, and so deserving - congrats on your win! :-) Login to Reply Geoffrey Brewer Date: 12/17/2017 11:31:00 AM Many thanks, Gregory.

Thvia Shetley Date: 10/12/2017 9:48:00 PM Wonderful poem for my contest Geoffrey. Thank you for entering and congrats on your placement! Login to Reply Geoffrey Brewer Date: 12/17/2017 11:31:00 AM Thank you for your kind words, Thvia; and for giving me a win.

Carole Duet Date: 7/16/2017 10:05:00 PM A very clever poem and good questions. Personally, I think the "bare infinitive" would be in "formless, endless tedium" without his partner, "tense". Login to Reply Geoffrey Brewer Date: 8/26/2017 10:06:00 PM I think you have hit on a good point there, Carole. Without the finite, including tense there would be no narrative, nothing to make one want to turn the page.

Maria Williams Date: 6/29/2017 4:52:00 AM A well posed riddle dear Geoffrey, the answer is in 'infinity' and lesson is to stay neutral in the 'Infinitive' and not be constricted by the conditioning or constraints society...Very cleverly written - I hope I've interpreted your meaning correctly...Maria Login to Reply Geoffrey Brewer Date: 6/29/2017 4:59:00 PM Thank you Maria.I was posing more questions than answers, one of which is: if all problems, challenges and goals with opposition (i.e. Games in essence) were removed (as, in heaven?) could we exist in a state of bliss, or would we be 'bored out of our minds'. As a corollary, should we be glad of problems, difficulties, challenges and possibility of loss?

John Lawless Date: 6/25/2017 5:40:00 PM ...as soon as I figure out if I'm the chicken or the egg I'll get back to you on this matter.....cluck-cluck....I haven't even gotten to the road yet. Login to Reply Geoffrey Brewer Date: 6/28/2017 4:49:00 PM I'm not sure what I am or where, but I still think about it and surmise; but I don't think I believe the big chicken theory.