SOFT EDGES

Flashing danger signs

for the city on the verge.

Swamps of monster communication,

campaigns and Colgate TV commercials

with white smiles and adjusted ties.

Selling square products, with square slogans

printed in square brochures, pressed in square fonts

on square pieces of paper.

BUT the meaning is ROUND.

We are so round, they say.

We consist of round opinions

containing round wholeness.

And we share our round ideas

to the left and the right

with round words, round manners

and round eyes

rolling round

while people roam around

from counter to counter

in sharp zig zag patterns.

And the counters are SQUARE

but the prizes are ROUND.

And the square products are bought with round hands

because there's plenty of space

in the square plastic bags

and on the designer shelves at home.

And it's high season,

and high seasons are ROUND.

And there are plenty of children's fantasy books for the holiday 

and women's got themselves a new genre

directly imported from America with sex and the city

chick flick girlfriend talk

in a ROUND rounded female format.

And for the men, we have biographies

from big men and small men

round men and square men.

A sea of crime thrillers, scientific discoveries 

food and cooking books.

And we need it all, they say. 

Politics, critics, laughter, tits and irony

in a big symphony.

But still everybody knows 

that the answer lies within

yet we search and search for a secret
and hope the answer lies in other people's books and thoughts.

We seek and seek for a meaning

for a place to feel safe, and at home.

We read and read,

suck and suck the words into us

hoping it will all make sense

hoping it will all add up to ONE
big, fat, fabulous, fucking SQUARE meaning

so we can put it into a box

and feel ROUND.