THE LAW OF DISAPPEARING SURFACES
One thing they forgot to teach us at school
is the law of disappearing surfaces,
as inevitable as water finding its own level,
stating that a static surface will always
attract objects in direct proportion to its
convenience and accessibility,
and yet
they never teach you that at school,
once full, the surface disappears
after serving its purpose.
The phenomena is known throughout the world
wherever humans exist
and has been duly recorded
and yet
they never teach you that at school,
Strange, because a teacher's desk is a good example.
In spite of designers and photographers
working for lady's magazines who portray
large and impressive surface areas
the principle inevitably still applies.
Though obsessives will try to clear the decks
they can't rise above the facts i.e.
S = Time over matter (referred to as X)
making S equal T over W
where T represents time and W wonder
at why this law has such widespread effects.
raypool
Tue 26th Jul 2022 11:21
Hi John, thanks for your perceptive comment ! A point at a time here goes. The piece was intended as a swipe at some of the laws we are taught that I could never come to terms with. So in that respect we have a common ground perhaps. The last stanza tried to do that, and the confusion was more or less built in .
The repetition of that line was a trick to reinforce the idea again of the obscure nature of some teaching and how useful life skills are really not covered , at least not when I went to school in the dark ages. The spelling of ladys was well spotted, slipped through the net, thanks. I wasn't quite clear on your point about accidents.
There is a whole other world within drawers and cupboards that could be expressed as you say. The stability of surfaces is a salient one, and reminds me of working on cruise ships in bad weather!
Ray