Strings
POETRY FORMAT, 23 Sep 2024
Ruth Stone – TRANSCEND Media Service
We pop into life the way
particles pop in and out
of the continuum.
We are a seething mass
of probability.
And probably I love you.
The evil of larvae
and the evil of stars
are a formula for the future.
Some bodies can
thrust their arms into
a flame and be instantly
cured of this world,
while others sicken.
Why think, little brother
like the moon, spit out like
a broken tooth.
“Oh,” groans the world.
The outer planets,
the fizzing sun, here we come
with our luggage.
Look at the clever things
we have made out of
a few building blocks —
O fabulous continuum.
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Ruth Stone (8 Jun 1915 – 19 Nov 2011) was a poet born in Virginia, USA and attended the University of Illinois. Her work is distinguished by the tendency to draw imagery and language from the natural sciences.
Tags: Life, Poetry
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