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The bond we share ...is nameless
But has so many names ...by other means
Not games ...but strategic interludes
Surreptitious encounters
Left to others minds
To be reviewed ...for content
If they can decipher ...its true intent
Just when you seem close
The nuances will gleam
...cut short your boast
Was it something that you missed
A cue that drew a different twist
Maybe it was somehow, something
That caught your eye
A minute fray in the thread
Of the common fabric
Of your mind that bent time
Made thoughts go astray
Or was it simply designed
To be that way from the beginning
A colorful distraction
Caught by the wind ...and timed
So perfectly, as to become aligned to
Other quirks of circumstantial happenstance
Caught just enough in the gravity of things
To start a spark to dance ...within your eyes
Create a minute tidal wave
Which grew to a crescendo
Left you inclined to plant a shadow of a doubt
Winding the clockwork in your brain
A mindfart ...which became a hurricane
Which caused your mind to drift
From the ridiculous ...to the absurd
So much so ...it created a perfect diversion
Which made you slip and lose your grip
Left you perilously close
To the back roads ...of the insane
After such a close call with death
You stopped for a spell
To catch your breath
Barely enough to pass the test
...you pulled back your loose thoughts
Focused on design more+so than content
Were more inclined to look ...with an open mind
Astonished when it seemed to become near
As perfect ...even to the blind
Now common sense ...would not retract
You saw some genius at work there
Logic too closely knit to be unwound
Much less carelessly attacked
As new contexts are delivered
Fresh faces ...beautiful and clear
Facets of a dream embraced
Its charm renewed...
Even its faults endearing
Who are even we ...to know
In the greater scheme of things unseen
Is this real ...or is it just a dream
Or are you much like all the rest
Take a cursory glance ...at best
Going about your business
Nothing ventured
…lesser gained
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