Time unspools
Threads, super strings,
To be used in the fabric
Of the planets and the stars,
Of our lives
Consumed
In living and the dying
Which returns our atoms
To the great fabric
Of the universe
Ready to expand
The great coat of the darkness
In which the light of life
Shines.
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Time Unspools © 2023 Roger Dutcher
Story Notes for "Time Unspools"
I see “Time Unspools” as a positive thought on the life of our universe and our general lives.
Roger Dutcher lives in Wisconsin, where he enjoys jazz, wine, and poetry. His poetry has appeared in Asimov's, Modern Haiku, and Strange Horizons, with some forthcoming in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. He was a poetry editor at Strange Horizons for almost ten years, and is the co-founder, and editor, of The Magazine of Speculative Poetry.
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