A discussion on relativity
when looking up one starry night
while in the company of a certain
learned student of astronomy |
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| He told me how far away they were |
| those distant diamond specks. |
| He told me how many lifetimes |
| I would have to live |
| while he sped toward one small winking light |
| at a pace so blindingly fast |
| it was impossible for me to imagine. |
| He told me that when he returned |
| to earth, to home, |
| that we, his family, his friends, I |
| all would be gone, forgotten |
| (except he would not forget). |
| And then he told me how he, |
| lifetimes and lifetimes old, |
| would still be young. |
| Still young, he said, |
| and after I was centuries dead. |
| Imagine that. |
| How dare he mess with my mind like that! |
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