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| The Quantum Black Hole by John Baez |
I liked the way they looked in my imagination.
Huge aortas in the midnight sky
devouring time and space and light,
demolishing the errant satellite.
I like subjective characterization
and not forever asking why.
But here comes a received and peer-reviewed design,
a doughnut over-lit and over-glazed.
The hole’s too small for all that stuff
and overall not black enough.
I liked the black holes more when they were mine,
when I was curious, confused and dazed.
Rick Mullin's newest poetry collection is Lullaby and Wheel.