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04 The Real Theory of Relativity

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  In the hours before dawn I like to eavesdrop.
Muffled by their worn leather bindings,
the writers converse-
Shakespeare pleads a play
Marx will have none of it
Confucius murmurs a truce, lost
amid the gossip in Periodicals.
Unencumbered by weather or phases
of moon, hypotheses and antitheses
bounce and rebound
off the cold, flat walls next to the stairs.

Morning lifts a hand, hushing
their voices into proper behavior.
'I hear that poet has a new one out, '
whispers Wordsworth, drifting off to sleep.
Einstein rises from his slouch in the corner.
'New is relative.'

Lori Boulard


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  Gregory Gunn  (10/20/2006 3:55:00 PM)

What, no mention of E=mc Hammer? Who? Seriously though, here's something into which one is able to sink the ole mental masticators. Just the way I like 'em. Are we talkin' the general or special theory? At any rate, my mendulla oblongata is throbbin' now. Hail, hail, the ganglia's all here!
  Brian Dorn  (6/28/2006 9:40:00 AM)

Lori, great scene development and visual images. Really interesting with a great ending... relatively speaking, of course. Awesome poem! !
Brian
  not on poemhunter anymore  (5/16/2006 7:22:00 AM)

a sharp piece of writing, Lori. clever, ironic, very fresh in what it's saying. i'm glad i spotted this and hope to read more of your poems here.
  Ernestine Northover  (5/15/2006 3:29:00 PM)

Lovely piece. A unusual meeting of the poets, seen in your own way. A pleasure to read this. Love Ernestine XXX
  Chuck Audette  (5/15/2006 2:04:00 PM)

Enjoyed this. Very creative and unique, with a fitting ending. -chuck
  Gina Onyemaechi  (5/15/2006 2:00:00 PM)

Thanks for drawing all these characters together in one place, Lori, and for allowing us to listen to their random, characteristic ramblings.
A highly enjoyable piece of writing.
Regards to you, Lori.

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