we think we understand gravity
we think it is weak
we assume some apples will fall
in fields of much less colour
the sound is flatter
the leaves are damper
gravity hangs too heavy on some
heavier than we think on some
or admit on some
it is natural to reduce it
we all know a guy who says
some apples just fall ka-plunk
and that's gravity get over it!
knowing we can't actually
get over it
not really!
I know a guy who thinks
gravity works in multiple dimensions
and we can only account
for part of its strength
so the rest remains felt but unseen
That would explain the dimmer light
the clenched off drowning of sound;
that would explain this half-lit world!
the blurred nerves in the going of motion…
I have adjusted accordingly.
I have a skeleton crew
to keep things ticking over
so I can take the weight
of all those other places.
Oct 11, 2015
Oct 11, 2015 at 3:09 AM UTC
we think we understand gravity
we think it is weak
we assume some apples will fall
in fields of much less colour
the sound is flatter
the leaves are damper
gravity hangs too heavy on some
heavier than we think on some
or admit on some
it is natural to reduce it
we all know a guy who says
some apples just fall ka-plunk
and that's gravity get over it!
knowing we can't actually
get over it
not really!
I know a guy who thinks
gravity works in multiple dimensions
and we can only account
for part of its strength
so the rest remains felt but unseen
That would explain the dimmer light
the clenched off drowning of sound;
that would explain this half-lit world!
the blurred nerves in the going of motion…
I have adjusted accordingly.
I have a skeleton crew
to keep things ticking over
so I can take the weight
of all those other places.
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