Note: Inigo Montoya is a character in the movie The Princess Bride.
SIX
we are all each of us
born into a riddle
that we race to solve
before we rest six feet under.
haunted by fears, teased by wonder,
we rotate the Rubik’s Cube in our hand
trying to untangle blue from green,
orange from red, yellow from white,
afraid we’ll never get it right,
twisting and turning the best we can
as tirelessly as Inigo Montoya
chasing after the six-fingered man.