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They All Look Alike

Most now have faith in scientific fact, And so accept a snowflake lacks a twin. This maxim states what no man can exact, For proof is matching endless crystalline-- Which nature shapes according to her law Though some insist they all appear the same-- Hard ignorance promotes this blissful flaw, Hard evidence an inconvenient bane. Faith is more than merely blind defiance-- Truth's not the will of the majority. Snowflakes shine by subtle noncompliance-- Look close and they will gain authority. A field of snow is blinding in the sun-- More beautiful examined one-by-one.

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Robert Warlov

Date: 9/30/2019 10:48:00 PM

If the theme is the primacy of the individual, the line: "Snowflakes shine by subtle non-compliance" may be offered as a political maxim; character being the product of experience. --- Thanks for sharing

Robert Warlov
Date: 10/3/2019 10:44:00 PM

That's why I said; "... offered as a Political Maxim"; especially as applied to a republic; froth with revolutionary implications.

John Shuck
Date: 10/1/2019 1:24:00 PM

That is, of course, the idea, although I was thinking of it in the political sense. The genesis of it was reading Hamlet about 60 or 70 times and figuring out he was on the outside looking in. Key line in the play is a throwaway. "I know not seems." He knows, everyone else knows "seems." Especially Polonius and family.

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 9/26/2019 4:41:00 AM

John Welcome to Soup! This is a gorgeous tribute to the uniqueness of a snowflake. Smart one!

John Shuck
Date: 9/26/2019 6:16:00 PM

Thanks, I'm overwhelmed by the choices. Gonna take some getting used to for this old codger.