function marriageOfTrueMinds()
If (impedimentsAdmittedNone)
(
If (whenAlterationsFound)
(
if (loveUnalteredUnremoved)
(
call minds(married);
return (isTrue);
)
)
)
else
(
myError = proved;
call noOne(hasEverLoved);
print "writ never";
return (untrue);
)
function marriageOfTrueMinds() © Copyright 2021, Robert J. Tiess.
View this poem at AllPoetry.com
22 words (25 prompt limit). Only If brevity challenge prompt - link:
https://allpoetry.com/contest/2741295-Brevity---25-word-or-less
Poem written in faux computer code inspired by William Shakespeare's Sonnet 116:
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45106/sonnet-116-let-me-not-to-the-marriage-of-true-minds
Technical note: this poem suffered from numerous formatting errors once I submitted it, and it appears curly brackets (used in coding) are not acceptable, even if escaped or translated to HTML encodings, due to internal format usage). So I substituted right/left parentheses where the corresponding curly brackets normally go.
Submitted: January 25, 2020