mathish poem in case Greg wanders by

[Cate]

A letter to four triangles

Dear Tetrahedron

I love your lines
and the space between.
I want to crawl in and curl
up in a ball, outside of gravity
but inside of you. Let's hook up
to another and another and another.
We'll be H, we'll be O, we'll find an
alchemist who can turn us into gold.


II

While it's true that most boys were thinking of cubes,
the cleverest ones where imagining you.
Folding you with paper over straws,
linking you with string so they could run
and watch you flying behind them
a kite in the sky,the universe in their hands.



(this part needs help - I'm not sure it belongs)

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haiku

why
don't we
go to Vegas?
we could get a job
on the craps tables.

[iveta]

I love
or ok im not greg so lets say truly enjoy
you circles and squares
and the space between

its witty and cute

[Cate]

Thank's Iveta.

[imaginary friend]

Hi Cate,

I held off responding, hoping Greg would be first to do so – but he doesn't seem to be around here much these days... (maybe you should try to lure him with the X-rated poem next)

I was rotten at math, but you've added your signature, sensual 'Cate Touch' to make your tetrahedron appealing to even the numerically challenged. Your comparison of the boring cube vs the complexity of the tetrahedron with its capacity for endless growth would soften the most math-hardened heart – I always appreciate the way your output puts a sensual twist on whatever the intake is, Cate.

...But I confess ignorance to the 'H' and 'O' and alchemy bit. Did I miss something important while daydreaming in chemistry class, or were you just riffing?

XO (and not in a cherry chapstick way)

[Cate]

Thanks I.F.

I miss Greg's posts - I was just trying to catch his eye if he happened by.

The above poem is just basically something that I had said/typed to Jack, who I do not wish to be inside of , but who got me excited by mentioning tetrahedrons shortly after I had been inside the Montreal biosphere (it's very cool in there) with the kids.
I've work shopped this at a poetry forum, but I haven't yet done revisions.

...But I confess ignorance to the 'H' and 'O' and alchemy bit. Did I miss something important while daydreaming in chemistry class, or were you just riffing?

it was a bonding/linking thing.
Here's a drawing of water molecule

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see they almost form a tetrahedron or pyramid shape.

A hug and kiss back to you, (You know, I'm not such a big a fan of cherry chap stick, I like mint better)

Cate

[Manna]

while the electrons around oxygen make it sort of tetrahedral, a carbon would be a more directly tetrahedral atom. In its happiest state, Carbon makes four bonds that reach from it to the points of a tetrahedron. Water has only 2 bonds, and while they also point to the corners of a tetrahedron, the other two points are full electron orbitals, and not bonded to other atoms. A molecule (mixture) that might better fit what you're saying is coal, unless of course, you want to involve atoms other than carbon. In which case, maybe methane, except that methane is completely unromantic and has no alchemical connotations.

[Cate]

Carbon, - hmmm - well I know carbon is good at making metal hard but also breakable - so there's some romantic possibilities there I suppose, but it seems a bit too masculine to me ... I like water, I'd like to be water, even it's not scientifically sound. When water starts to freeze it forms clusters that are tetrahedron like.
I'll think about carbon - although I don't I want to be coal (since if somebody squeezed me to hard I might turn into a diamond - and then the lion would probably start teasing me about wanting to put me under his knees - or worse he might try to ban me for shape offenses).

What other elements does carbon get along with?

[Lion of Lions]

Manna and Cate, I love it when you 2 talk dirty. Keep it up (or is that your line?)

[Violet]

A letter to four triangles

Dear Tetrahedron

I love your lines
and the space between.
I want to crawl in and curl
up in a ball, outside of gravity
but inside of you. Let's hook up
to another and another and another.
We'll be H, we'll be O, we'll find an
alchemist who can turn us into gold.


II

While it's true that most boys were thinking of cubes,
the cleverest ones where imagining you.
Folding you with paper over straws,
linking you with string so they could run
and watch you flying behind them
a kite in the sky,the universe in their hands.



(this part needs help - I'm not sure it belongs)

- - -

haiku

why
don't we
go to Vegas?
we could get a job
on the craps tables.

.. hi Cate.. as you know, I've been gone from this site for a while.. now I find, upon my return yesterday.. that all is quiet here.. what's happened??..

I feel the exact same way about your poem and your writing as does I.F... this one is very witty and a fun read.. more than that.. it's charming.. has Cate charm.. as to craps.. I saw a documentary suggesting it really is all in the wrist.. you can really make a bundle if you know how to control your throw.. it would take some practice, but if either you or I had the knack, we could clean up big.. (only you have to move around, not win too much in one place, lest you wind up on your.. out on the pavement, in other words).. So, as you can see, I've thought this lifestyle through.. it would be more difficult for you, given your two children.. but there are baby sitters.. and you can communicate live as it were via computers.. so I think there's a Thelma and Louise scenario to be had here.. and yes, one should, if possible, avoid Texas.. oh, I think I.F. should come too..

yours in craps,

v i o l e t (flower)

[Cate]

Thank you Violet,

I wanted to be the dice but it seems they can still be discriminating in Vegas and 4 sided dice are un-welcome on the tables.
Your road trip idea seems better and more profitable as long as we can get the toss down and yes I think IF should come as well.

[Violet]

.. oh, I forgot about the tetrahedron theme.. just as well.. I'm looking for a classic model automobile for us.. no air conditioning, of course.. but they are nice to look at.. I.F.. is there a model you prefer??.. (where is she, by the way).. v. xxx