by David Ackley
Ground does not quake underfoot
when sole strikes, okay
but there is palpable contact
pressure, a sort of karmic confirmation
of equivalence.
Mirrored, are those not
eye, nose, base, superstructure?
A congregation
of hairs, shaved? Spit spat?
Snot blown? Shit flushed?
Greeted and departing,
are those lips not his, kissed?
Well, then, inter alia, de-facto,
does he not exist?
Is that not money,
in his envelope?
(Okay, bits
Or bytes, transmitted—
a number on account)
because to this place work
with phonings, meetings
screening, busy fingers sending
someone named him comes?
At the end of the day,
at the end of the day,
the bottom line is
particles across
gaps held by forces:
gaps,
yearning across particles
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I was interested in the idea that maybe in a quantum sense( which admittedly, I don't understand at all) what's holding this together is really rather a kind of apartness in suspension, the gaps pulling toward each other in a quest for entropy.
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Like the first stanza, despite my non-comprehension of quantum mechanics (physics?).
Clever.*
"Ground does not quake underfoot
when sole strikes,"
Nice opening.
"karmic confirmation", yes.
Wow, a love poem with a scientific metaphor. Like it very much.
thanks, Jill, Kitty (once more and with feeling) Erika, Jenny and Matthew. It's very gratifying to be discovered by "new" readers, like a sort of resurrection. Thanks, all of you. Blessings.
Mix in some "not" patterns from Shylock, add a modern day "okay", and you have .. a very nice column of words.
Thanks, mate. Great comment.