The Perpendicular X Poem by Suburban Lovechild

An unusual thing,
The Perpendicular X,
Just a symbol to most,
Filled with meaning and fortitude.

It tells people in motion,
Judgment is protocol,
Logic and sense, if ignored,
Could lead to a quadrilateral stigma.

To humans in despair,
Hope and righteousness, it possesses,
True, only in the mystical sense,
We know society's smarter than that.

In the world of format,
It's used an additive,
Trying to make something larger than it really is,
Now, is this necessary?

The simple intersection of,
Two indefinite slashes,
Separates the dumb and the smart,
Unfortunately, also the devoted from the ignorant.

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