The poem "Rubik's Cube" by Benjamin Baker details the events that occurred between him and his grandfather beginning in his youth up until the grandfathers passing. The poem is a metaphor for the desperation he feels when he realizes he is unable to solve the problem of his grandfather succumbing to Alzheimer's, as easily as he was able to solve his Rubik's cube. "I try to shift the tiles back in place but people don't have center squares" (line 48-49). The shifting of the tiles is a representation of one failed method after another to resolve the grandfathers jumbled mind. As the poem progresses, the tone becomes increasingly more intense to indicate the destress he experiences as the grandfathers health continues to derail. "shift, shift,
