A Small Universe of Suns
Here we have a small universe of suns.
Behind, a black hole is endeavoring
to swallow them.
The suns are ringed by nebulae
which are no more than clouds
of gas and dust, collections
of atoms, as we all are. But,
in Its capricious way,
the Lord of everything
has now caused links of gravity
to appear as russet shoots
holding the suns in redhot conclaves,
and the nebulae as hovering clouds,
flat, seriously cirrus, veined and green,
looking as if they were, instead, leaves
as comfortable as hammocks
inviting the imagination
of a poet who has looked
and seen.
Jim Culleny, 06/22/24
Photo by Abbas Raza
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