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]
(x = space)
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Chocolate Milk
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I used to like
To mix in Nestle’s Quik
Sold by a rabbit
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It was powder then,
And I was not good
With the result
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Little globs of wet
Powder on the surface
Of the milk
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But I liked the process,
Spinning the Quik around
Making a maelstrom
In the center of it all
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I don’t know if
I had been in the southern world
Would I have stirred it
The other way
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I’m drinking coffee
From a glass just now
(it’s customized),
And everything is smoother
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I’m grown up
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But the stirring
Just this morning
Reminded me of
Turning galaxies
In my child’s glass
Of milk and Nestle’s Quik
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C L Couch
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Photo by Arnaud Mariat on Unsplash
Far away Andromeda galaxy, or M31, in deep space.
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