A Catch-22 By Any Other Name

Wrote this after my mother had difficulty understanding Catch-22.

I need my glasses,

to find my glasses.

A Catch-22 by any other name, 

you have to be different to be the same, 

a Catch-22 by any other name.

It's a paradoxical absurdity, 

inside an impossible geometry, 

like winning a chasing-tail race, 

like climbing an Escher staircase. 

You have to be different to be the same, 

a Catch-22 by any other name.

Reviews

[emipoemi]

This is brilliantly entertaining, and I would assume much more for those who have actually read the book. Well done!

[ImaginaryMight]

Thank you! I don't venture into poetry often.

[d]

had a feeling i’d see this here! great! short and to the point. it works. was Escher in it before?

[ImaginaryMight]

I left it out in chat. Thanks for the review.