Artifactual
Extracted
from an ancient residence
the ornamented spheric artifact
exuded science, spirit, music, art,
through involutions evanesced in time.
No end to
speculations
- why or when
or what
intentions
might have conjured this.
Not one among us could
eliminate
a single theory from our growing lists:
some esoteric cipher of
control
?
Aesthetics? Cosmos? Mathematics? Soul?
Artifactual © Copyright 2021, Robert J. Tiess.
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10 lines (prompt limit). Word Bank challenge (Extract, Speculate, Intention, Eliminate, Control) prompt - link:
https://allpoetry.com/contest/2739393-8-spots-to-write
Words in bold, as per prompt instructions, simply to highlight required word bank words used in this poem.
Submitted: December 29, 2019