“First Around the Mark” - Sarah Wesson
Geometry
—“First Around the Mark,” Sarah Wesson
1.
It looks so simple:
a black square,
three trapezoids–
two orange, one white,
eleven white triangles,
one right, the rest acute or obtuse,
transformed by the mind,
become an ocean, buoys, a race.
It looks simple as sailing–
until you try it.
2.
Triangles are so often involved:
What is a trapezoid,
if not a triangle
that has lost
its head?
3.
Triangles are so often involved,
but there’s more than one
way to make a
paper sail-
boat.
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