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Apophenia
By the Numbers
Seven shadowed Norns
midwifed her birth;
six o'clock sailors sold
ships that sank
before sundown;
five fat forgers signed
on the dotted line
in the land of Moredirt
where the money lies.
Ten digits of tinnitus
tiptapped the tin roof,
typewriting the storm;
nine cottonwoods cracked
at the crotch in the crazy quilt wind;
fourteen lances broken, better
wild than tamed
in the land of Spin
where the losers lie.
Zero gravitas at zero degrees,
one soft green planet fooling
the void; two warriors rode
out in mourning mist,
three chances to fill
the bottomless bucket;
four givens forgotten
in the Halls of Asgard
where valkyries don't die.
~October 2012
Posted for OpenLinkNight at dVerse Poets Pub
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Process Notes: Apologies to JRR Tolkein for mangling his One Ring poem.
"Apophenia: is the experience of seeing meaningful patterns or connections in random or meaningless data."~wikipedia
In Norse Mythology: The Norns are female beings who spin the threads of Fate at the foot of the world tree Yggdrasil; they are said to preside at childbirth and determine the fate of the newborn.
Fourteen lances refers to the fourteen Aesir, a pantheon of Norse Gods and Goddesses which included Thor, Loki, Baldur and Odin, all destined to perish in the final battle of Ragnarök
"Apophenia: is the experience of seeing meaningful patterns or connections in random or meaningless data."~wikipedia
In Norse Mythology: The Norns are female beings who spin the threads of Fate at the foot of the world tree Yggdrasil; they are said to preside at childbirth and determine the fate of the newborn.
Fourteen lances refers to the fourteen Aesir, a pantheon of Norse Gods and Goddesses which included Thor, Loki, Baldur and Odin, all destined to perish in the final battle of Ragnarök
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