off the edge along with all the water.?
Why doesn't it all just drift off into outer space?
Too many movies. Too many superheros
made of chemicals, spliced DNA strands
and edited genes gallivanting through
the wild west of outer space.
Too many inhabited planets that are inhabiting our minds
thanks to Burroughs, Bradbury, Card, Disney,
Newton, Copernicus, Einstein, Galileo, and others.
Too many obsessions over manipulated images
from telescopes that some claim
to see back in time and then I listen
to the professor say, "this is where the artist
tried to capture this feature"-
trying to visualize radiometric data
to meet public expectations
is not photographic evidence.
Too many globes in classrooms.
All of this is in the subterranean landscape of our minds;
it is the plumbing, wiring, ventilation, and sewage system
that pulses through our imaginations
so much so when we stand on the beach
and see the horizon
we proudly proclaim "I can see the curve of the earth,"
denying our senses
all while we are completely fixed and stationary.
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