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March 2024
 
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Usual Thoughts Before Sleep

by Richard Tornello


Space ships.
What space?
External or internal space?
The mind body planet universe
Space?
Extraterrestrial; surplus terrestrial
Short of terrestrial?
The warehouse has a problem…
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What type of physical body can withstand rapid C acceleration?
Or
are we all limited to another way?
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Millions out there
Isolated
Exiled
Tower of physics, no babble fish, save math.
Once connected may be, made by some force.
Now separated-alone
Wondering, all are we?
A loan and what do we owe,
To who or what?
Interest due from me and you.
Seems so silly.

So many out there.

The warehouse has a problem,
old stock
overstocked, everyone must go.


© 2011 Richard Tornello

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