THE MISTAKEN TIME TRAVELLER
As though for surgery, patrons were masked,
I suppose the entire populace,
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HEAR HERE Hammer, anvil, stirrup and drum echo vibrations in the Eustachian cave — down into its enclosed cochlear chamber — where wave modulations are measured for interpretation by the brain, giving meaning and music to the chaos of sound. I remember hearing a story of a king’s satorical conversion while contemplating his […]
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MICHELIN STAR GARDEN Pre-dawn, Sun ignites rivers of silver neon where escargot dine.
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Originally posted on Sudden Denouement Collective:
The magician on the television invited his audience to discern how he worked his prestidigitation. Lying on his stomach in front of the screen, Little Timmy propped himself higher on his elbows. He was eager to learn. The magician said, ”Belief is the key.” So Timmy sat up and…
NUCLEAR DISSIDENT ISOTOPES
NUCLEAR DISSIDENT ISOTOPES Neutrons come and go. If their ratio’s heavy, … instability.
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It’s not in a far distant galaxy. It’s less than a thousand light years away – This gassy rope of stellar nursery a sine wave, crisscrossing our Milky Way. Nine thousand light years long, not far from Earth, astronomers today just noticed it. Although parts of it were seen giving birth, our optics […]
Read more "THE RADCLIFFE WAVE (“More Things in Heaven …”)"Eurythenes plasticus
Eurythenes plasticus is a species of amphipod, first described in 2020. It was named in reference to the PET (polyethylene terephthalate) plastic found in its stomach.
Read more "Eurythenes plasticus"TAKE ME TO YOUR LEADER? WELL …
TAKE ME TO YOUR LEADER? WELL … Let me rephrase that: Take me to someone with whom to exchange knowledge.
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Thank you, HIGH SHELF PRESS Chronic Hypochondriac She finally saw the specialist who told her to stop diagnosing herself. She’d no macular degeneration — just eyestrain from searching the internet, and her kidneys were not about to fail; She only needed proper hydration. Though she got prescriptions to aid her ills, she […]
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CETACEAN SOUL SEARCH When a whale looks you in the eye, it’s to communicate and learn – species to species. A whale’s eye is a picture window to its soul – a panoramic view of kind receptiveness deeper than, by comparison, our tiny brains. It’s not just the size differential that tells you […]
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BARD OF MARS 