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nicholas-holmes-1
nicholas-holmes-1
English
How many quantum events defined the result? Sub-atomic, Ionic bonds breaking, Forsaking the double-molecular atom. It’s hard to dispose of waste In such a clandestine fashion: ‘A half-life of 3 years.’ Standing in the dust of a meltdown-playground I think I can hear the laughter and the crying of our children, We’ll never see them in our waking lives Only their silhouetted deformities Leering monstrous in the night. Look for shelter in an old church Walking, radiating through the halls Picking at the crumbling plaster, Trying to master myself for a second: “Severe and prolonged exposure, Nausea, sickness, dizziness, Fatigue…”
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May 1, 2013
May 1, 2013 at 4:45 PM UTC
Severe Exposure
Half-waking, half-sleeping, half tomorrow; Apollo’s beams dance on half a face, I mourn the morning, as only borrowed, The day shines but partially on our embrace. Ignoring that honest solar trail, From time and space I remove my heart; Too inconstant and too apt to fail, Too rapturous upon each bright new start. Yet I know, of course, that the sun will rise, And with each new dawn our parting advances, Never again to see the sun in your eyes, I hope to remember fleeting glances. Ephemeral spheres of moments together Burst like stars and then are gone forever.
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May 1, 2013
May 1, 2013 at 9:16 AM UTC
Momentary Mementos