To the Root

A diagrammatic record leads to the root of a problem a concept waiting to be discovered is not a near miss yet a solution at hand

Into the neighbourhood you glimpse to watch shapes under closed shutters dance curious tangos together into tomorrow

I will borrow your cardigan and walk with you embracing a friend's arm I laugh off all of yesterday's offerings

To the root I go measuring fractions mm. in. and ft. in all their short form

To fearfully speak of beauty I cannot perceive or understand