Venning Love (A Partici-Poem) Poem by Francie Lynch

You'll need to use imagination,
Or a pen and pagination
To reveal this configuration:
A two circle ven diagram.

Close your eyes,
Or draw the same,
But create two circles
Not yet combined,
Separate circles,
Undefined.

One circle is titled 'Set A.'
List these despicable words:
alarm, panic, disgust,
revulsion, fear, indifference,
anger, sorrow, grief,
guilt, worry, doubt,
despair, hurt, stress,
tension, remorse, pain.

One circle is titled 'Set B.'
List these wonderful words:
desire, admiration, surprise,
amusement, gratitude, hope,
joy, triumph, jubilation,
relief, generosity, sympathy,
delight, pleasure, courage,
satisfaction, friendship, euphoria.

Now for reader interaction
You'll be using picture cognition.
To envision this conception.

Move the two circles toward
Each other to intersect,
And to create
An elliptic circle,
I like to call
The ventricle,
Centered like our hearts.

This is 'Set C, '
The combination
Of 'Sets A & B.'
And you see,
It's empty.
I title this circle,
'LOVE.'
One word.
But as a participant
In this poem,
Give 'C'
A title
Of your own.