Algorithm – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

At dVerse Grace is hosting Poetry Form – Trimeric

dVerse Poets – Poetry Form – Trimeric

Photo by Clay Banks on Unsplash


“An algorithm is like a recipe.” Muhammad Wasseem

Algorithm 

When you see, what is it that you see,
perception is no percentage of the truth,
the rasta man in a tailored business suit,
stockbrokers all hanging loose.

Perception is no percentage of the truth,
just a wasteland of conjectured jokes,
purporting to be honest styles of you.

The rasta man in a tailored business suit,
disconcerting evidence all skewed,
the dissonance of every angled view.

stockbrokers all hanging loose,
their predictions as illusions,
honest perpetual rhythmic lies.

Copyright 2021 ©Paul Vincent Cannon
All Rights Reserved ®

27 Comments

Filed under Free Verse, life, poem, quote, Trimeric

27 responses to “Algorithm – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

  1. That rasta man, gotta watch out for him! A thoroughly entertaining trimeric, my friend!

    Liked by 2 people

  2. Perception is the reception of the truth as viewed through how one is skewed.

    Liked by 2 people

  3. sanaarizvi

    “Perception is no percentage of the truth, just a wasteland of conjectured jokes,”.. goodness this is so on point! 💝

    Liked by 3 people

  4. Have to be caareful with those predictions; its all business anyway.

    Have a good weekend.

    Liked by 2 people

  5. Xan

    This one dances. Love the near rhymes and internal rhymes, and then the breaking of the pattern, and the illusion.

    Liked by 1 person

  6. More and more the world seems to be mirroring this perception-based reality, and it’s unsettling, a feeling that comes across clearly through your clever trimeric.
    pax,
    dora

    Liked by 1 person

  7. ‘honest perpetual rhythmic lies.’ You got that right! How long until we start demanding the truth?

    Liked by 1 person

  8. I’ve been thinking a lot about perception lately and how we need to acknowledge and understand others’ perceptions in order for genuine communication to take place.

    Liked by 1 person

  9. Charis Counselling

    Great poem

    >

    Liked by 1 person

Leave a Reply

Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:

WordPress.com Logo

You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Log Out /  Change )

Facebook photo

You are commenting using your Facebook account. Log Out /  Change )

Connecting to %s

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.