Symmetrical You To solve equations With an X that’s squared It sometimes takes A harking back To something that we know But isn’t clearly there Imagination of a certain kind Is necessary to derive Exactly what to place Upon the scales on either side However To divine a beauty Said to be incomparable Because the left-hand portion Balances upon the fulcrum Of an equal sign With what is right Demands the nerve To contemplate A pair of tiger eyes ________________________________________________________________________ Emanuel E. García, A Deeper Symmetry, 2014 |