Muse of Science

scars

on her face

I console

how the craters glorify

the whiteness of  the moon

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sitting alone

in deep midnight

I harvest

wisdom of consciousness

the part  of the enlightened galaxy

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in exchange

of my welcome-smile

the aliens

bridge our blue earth

with another milky path

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the rising urge

of wave after wave…

the moon

whispers  gentle swell

of the passionate desire

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I return

from the crematorium  

with moist eyes

at the entrance  gate

a robot with the stony face

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the river sways

the bagful of wilted leaves…

in a wooden boat

recalling Archimedes’ principle

the crowded pilgrims try to readjust

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cosmic call

for the earth scientists…

space ladder bridging 

conference in Mars town

with the interstellar beings

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my daughter quizzes

about the wall painting

I revisit

school physics of the falling apple

over Newton sitting under the tree

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a radiant street

deep in the space

the Milky Way

leads to the glittering art

of the big-bang  ballet

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the girl reaches

the far off distant planet

the aliens delivered

a parcel of gene box draped

with ribbons of Dolly sheep

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Stacking Stones: An Anthology of Short Tanka Sequences (Ed. M Kei, 2018)

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