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''What Beauty Is To The Geometrist'' Reprised

What beauty is (to the geometrist),
     is the shape of the Golden Ratio!
Beauty is courage, the defiant fist
     of a protector fear can't overthrow.

     Beauty, likewise, is a prince's sworn vow,  
to defend his city, child, and lady-lover.  
     What beauty is, is the King, who can show
Paris forgiveness (for treason discover'd).

What beauty is not, is false beauty covered
     by artifice and soft, insincere light;
what beauty is not, is false show uncovered,
     displayed, and flaunted, wirelessed day and night.

What beauty is, ultimately, is your face:
which even shames Helen of the Trojan race.


Copyright © Ngoc Nguyen

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