In the Stream of Space Expanding, Eddies
It is what it is and does what it does.
It has no will, no purpose, no plan.
It behaves as it behaves
in the pattern and consequence
of things as they are.
Microscopic purposes emerged
with their combinations and permutations
and we, willed and scheming
inheritors of strung out sequences
of possibilities, impose our plans
and purposes, unabated, until conditions
change enough to stop us, dead.
It has no will, no purpose, no plan.
It behaves as it behaves
in the pattern and consequence
of things as they are.
Microscopic purposes emerged
with their combinations and permutations
and we, willed and scheming
inheritors of strung out sequences
of possibilities, impose our plans
and purposes, unabated, until conditions
change enough to stop us, dead.
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"with their combinations and permutations
and we, willed and scheming
inheritors of strung out sequences" ***
Be still, my sobbing ego! *
Thanks for the readings.
"and we, willed and scheming
inheritors" -- love that line. *
Thanks, Jake.
Great, as always.*
Thank you, Chris.
The flat phrasing is a good way to open, and is a strong companion for the closing line. Good poem, Gary.
Thank you, Sam.
Feeling ever more insignificant.*
Thanks, Gary.
"It behaves as it behaves"
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Thanks, Bud.