Albert Goldbarth - Heaven and earth (1991)

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Astronomy Says: the sun will rise tomorrow,
Zoology Says: on rainbow-fish and lithe gazelle,
Psychology Says: but first it has to be night, so
Biology Says: the body-clocks are stopped all over town
And
History Says: here are the blankets, layer on layer, down and down.

Albert Goldbarth

Physics says: go to sleep. Of course you're tired. Every atom in you has been dancing the shimmy in silver shoes nonstop from mitosis to now. Quit tapping your feet. They'll dance inside themselves without you.

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