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Big Bang

The evolution of the cosmos as it is today "can be compared to a
display of fireworks that has just ended." — George Lemaitre

Eyesight should learn from reason. — Kepler


A display of fireworks
that has just ended
inspires us
to perfect
whatever paler pyrotechnics
our best efforts can.

Race of tyros that we are,
we tackle our task
with energy
though it's clear
from the beginning
our project is doomed.

Nothing human can hope to hold
a candle to the sun.
Yet why withhold
the admiration
such mimicry
deserves.

What other species
attempts to teach
eyesight to learn
from reason;
then, looking all around itself,
allows the wonder in.

What other creature
thinks to look,
and, thinking, looks again
at all the work
before itself
the universe has just done.
© 2008 Peggy Landsman 
 Published in Albatross

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