noun [guh-mey-tree-uh]:
- a cabbalistic system of interpretation of the Scriptures by substituting for a particular word another word whose letters give the same numerical sum.
Hard as one may try
The letters and numbers
Cannot always match up.
Even friends mark mistakes
Expecting perfection itself —
Yet lacunae are left to fill.
They'll forget your prose
But recall rhyming cons;
Experimental camera obscured!
There's a broad disconnect
Between what's meant
And what's mentioned.
Much as one may like
Misinterpreted intention
Precludes them catching up ...
Translations:
i. Numerology and prosody may mix, but isn't it nice to wing it once in a while?
ii. Everybody's a critic. Since we can't please most readers to begin with, why worry?
iii. In general, people fixate on a single facet of any artist's career. Many have neither the time nor mental capacity to slog through some no-name's portfolio!
iv. Self-explanatory (don't play dumb now).
v. There will forever be delays in communication between messenger and recipient. This distance distinguishes an erudite forward scout from a tongue-tied rearguard ...
Image: Master Mandala of Solomon, The King.
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