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An Existential Palindrome

April 26, 2024
By King_KDA ELITE, Burlington, Washington
King_KDA ELITE, Burlington, Washington
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Favorite Quote:
"Numquam finitur, donec vita finiatur."
- K. D'Angelo Alexander


Is it what it is?

Why try to win, to try? Why?

Do we live to die? No! Die to live, we do

Exactly what gives life a meaning? A life gives what, exactly?

Purpose, and place? Pain, place and purpose

Is there something more? Something, there is

Life: living about care-free, care about living life


The author's comments:

This unique poem is not a traditional palindrome, but if you read the words in each line, you'll see that they can be read the same backwards and forwards.

Traditionally, a palindrome is a sequence, or a word that is the same forwards, as it is backwards.

Example: the fear of palindromes is "aibohphobia" which is spelled the same backwards.

This whole week has been full of palindromes: "4-20-24," through "4-29-24" are all examples of a palindromic sequence.


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