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There are several methods that can be used to solve a Rubik’s cube, but the exact sequence of instructions for solving this 3-D puzzle can be perplexing even to the experts, depending on how the cube is scrambled up at the time you try to solve it.  A Rubik’s cube has approximately 43 quintillion possible permutations, so if you just try to just rotate the faces randomly, it may never get solved.  This rotatable mechanical cube is a three-dimensional solid object that has 6 faces, 12 edges, and 8 vertices, which are the corners.  The 6 faces means that there will be 6 different colors and the edges are where the different colors will meet.  If you look at a corner on the cube, you will see three different colors which are known as layers and no matter which way you hold the cube you will always see three layers.  Each…

You twist the cube,
try for one bright hue to fill your eyes, 
fumbling to build a blue wall 

that shines 
like a clean childhood sky, 

but the fingers fail and the cube bleeds, 
refusing to comply, its fuming patches 
bragging bitter truth,
describing the sickness that grins 
between the seams.
You drop the cube,
close your eyes 
and dream.

©Jane Paterson Basil

Written for Reena‘s Xploration challenge #196. Sorry, Reena, my WP editor has a glitch: hard as I try, I can’t get it to highlight the whole name of your post when creating a pingback.

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You are the bright one

The star that shines

Your parents’ chosen

When everything is done

Others blend, always trying

You’re the one always defying

The dark surround

The quiet mind

You’ll never be

The silent find.

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PROMPT #196

There is no restriction on length or format of the piece. There is no last date either, unless you wish to be featured in the Weekly Wrap.

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No matter how hard I try, I’ll always be the odd one out

The society judges me by its skewed standards and I don’t fit

Conformation is not my aim nor my desire in life

Being like everyone else never held any appeal for me

I like being different, I like my individuality

If I am a square peg in a round hole, I am rather proud of it

They call me a misfit, and aim to hurt or provoke me

They don’t know that I crave this title, am absolutely good with it

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