brianbarry.com

2026

The Shape of Things

Why does the shape of things matter?
Slicing a boiled egg makes it taste better?

Spaghetti, linguine, bucatini,
Experience is tethered to variety

A curve in her eyebrow
I still think about now

How come that yawn
Felt warm, like a sunny lawn?

The flow of one story or chat
Divides between this and that

I gaze at this snowy peak
Silently, it answers questions I seek

With its shape we’re drawn in
Awaiting an encore, again and again