let me jar your sense
you have to think immense
some say space is 92 billion light years
what if that estimate is far in arrears
first agree something can’t come from nil
and what proves the big bang was the start
perhaps it's just the latest spill
not a whole but a part
space-time involves variation and chance
could explain why totals never tally
seldom find truth at first glance
perspective can reduce any peak to valley
galaxies are fleeing at faster and faster speed
so the red shift tells us so
perhaps dark matter is just residue bled
from a prior but eternal show
sub-particles act differently than regular matter
energy is not fully understood
all I can say about the universal scatter
there goes the neighborhood
Nov 7, 2024
Nov 7, 2024 at 5:57 PM UTC
let me jar your sense
you have to think immense
some say space is 92 billion light years
what if that estimate is far in arrears
first agree something can’t come from nil
and what proves the big bang was the start
perhaps it's just the latest spill
not a whole but a part
space-time involves variation and chance
could explain why totals never tally
seldom find truth at first glance
perspective can reduce any peak to valley
galaxies are fleeing at faster and faster speed
so the red shift tells us so
perhaps dark matter is just residue bled
from a prior but eternal show
sub-particles act differently than regular matter
energy is not fully understood
all I can say about the universal scatter
there goes the neighborhood
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