Sunday, January 23, 2011

deep searching

m. is reading about
a deep mine in England where
scientists search for dark matter.
world over they are looking.

they need a space
where gamma rays
and cosmic rays won’t penetrate,
kinda like my closet.

i asked her what they are going to make
out of this dark matter
when they finally find it.
she said, “shoes”.

2 comments:

Hannah Stephenson said...

I love how the heaviness of this gets pierced with humor. It really works!

And I did hear that Dior was making a new line of dark matter stilettos...

Annie said...

I like Hannah's comment! And, your poem. I have a closet like your closet.