Connundrums 2
Why do we seek
to be confounded?
Why is untangling
unsatisfying?
Puzzles fizzle
when solved
The attraction
that captured you so
collapses
before your eyes
frees you
from mind grip
Nine letters tumble
about in Target
snaking
through your brain
sometimes taking
a good hour
over
breakfast
before the letters
chock in
That word
now looking so natural
How could you not
have seen it straightaway?
Sudoku’s numbers,
bereft of arithmetic function
sit only as ciphers
waiting for you
to dart in with pencil
among the bold
the simple aim:
complete the grid
close off those rows
fill those sub-squares
Make finite
progress
Thing is you want
to be held up
and at the same time
to crack it
as you submit
to the puzzle’s thrall
Too easy,
no challenge
Too hard,
you swim to no shore
So what do you
really want?
What
a connundrum
bw
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