Escheresque

You
are
walking
up these stairs

s
i
d
e
w
a
y
s

but your were not moving
upward or left
or right
here

suddenly
flipside

floor into door

walls to windows
onward through your eyes

there up is outward

descending endlessly
where down's
around

by backward rails
to open yards

all ways forwarding
below or behind
upending
ascent

ahead
of yourself
exiting no exit but
entrancing entrance
returning ever to yourself

as always being
and not been
turned
in reversions

turning
recursive
excursions
turnabout face

to
be
seen
relatively
in this anyplace
when you may see
yourselves at one time
taking many enigmatic steps
out of nowheres beyond anything.




Escheresque © Copyright 2021, Robert J. Tiess.

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Inspired by Escher's Relativity. Challenge prompt link: https://allpoetry.com/contest/2723956-Wrap-Your-Head-Around-This
Submitted: May 1, 2019









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