Tristan Robert Lange

Eidolon\'s Estate

putting personal agendas aside
always for the good of the whole,
really helps build trust.
trustworthy and honest communication
needs to be at a relationship’s core.
every such relationship—though tested—
reaps the reward of mutual longevity.
 
                                         list’,
                                the teacher says appearance always contradicts
                                                                                          form
 
                                                                                     because trust becomes the damn trap
                                                                                 a cesspool—a wretched macabre miasma
                                                                                        that causes a caustic, endless fever
                                                                                            and renders the victim the blight
                                                                                       One always wins—the other’s burden
                                                                                        serving and being scolded by a liege
                                                                                    blind to their own lesions in the mirror
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🜂 Biaxial Parallax Form
Created by Tristan Robert Lange (October 4, 2025)
 
Created: October 4, 2025 at 8:00 p.m.
First appearance: Eidolon’s Estate
 
Concept:
The Biaxial Parallax Form explores duality, illusion, and the shifting nature of truth as perceived from opposing vantage points. Rooted in Platonic philosophy, it renders the tension between the world of forms and the world of appearances into the architecture of the poem itself.
 
Structure and Rules:
  • Dual Acrostics:
    The poem is constructed with acrostics on both the left and right margins. Each acrostic forms a separate, thematically linked word or phrase—one representing the ideal or formal world, the other representing its reflected or corrupted counterpart. Each acrostic must have opposite alignment
  • Central Axis Line:
    A single axis line (the poem’s midpoint) divides the two realms. It functions as both hinge and revelation—the moment where the two worlds meet, contradict, or collapse. this means that one acrostic is tradition (down the left side) the other is atypical (down the right side and requires ending words that end with the correct letter.
  • Biaxial Symmetry:
    The body of the poem unfolds symmetrically around the axis line. Each side or section mirrors the other in tone, rhythm, or imagery, though not necessarily in content. The tension lies in imperfect symmetry.
  • Parallax Principle:
    The meaning of the poem must shift depending on perspective—how it’s read, which margin draws the eye, or where the reader’s moral and philosophical stance lies. No single “truth” dominates; both worlds exist in relational flux.
  • Thematic Core:
    The Biaxial Parallax Form is designed to examine binaries—truth vs. illusion, purity vs. decay, spirit vs. flesh, self vs. reflection. It may employ philosophical, theological, or existential motifs.
  • Aesthetic Flexibility:
    While its geometry is defined, diction and style remain open: Gothic, existential, or philosophical registers all suit the form. Lineation and indentation are tools for emphasizing visual duality.
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Purpose:
To render philosophical paradox visible—turning language into an axis of perception.