Round Numbers

Everything is ringed
Starting with the noise
That some of us
Must have
Inside our ears

Though meaning more
The matter of
Rings upon the water
In the rain
The ring-edge of the Earth
Around it
And through it
The circular movements of
Well
Everything

The ringness of orbits
‘Round the sun
The shape and movements
Kept inside
Of asteroids
And comets

How many planets
Each world
Is ringed as well
With its own attributes
And energies

Then watch
(or have the artist’s
replication)
The spiral movement of the galaxy
The rounded shapes of all
The galaxies
Of turning stars

And the dancing pas de deux of
Nebulae passing
Around
And by its own
Rule for ballet
Sometimes through each other

Maybe to shout
Or loudly
Sing
Like on that sunny street
      ROUND
      Is extraordinary
      Necessary

Consider all the curvature that must
Be on
The faces of God

C L Couch


Photo by John Peters on Unsplash 
I threw a rock into the lake with the intent of photographing the ripple effect and with the thought of how when we are kind to others it grows out in ripples to others who in turn spread kindness (still) to others.
[photographer's caption, revised]