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Seven Ways of Knowing Gravity
1. Born into a planet’s orbit, stillness
is a thing we never know. At best
we match the world’s commotion.
2. Galileo climbs the steps at Pisa
with a ball of wood and a ball
of lead. His every breath is heavy.
3. Astronauts in orbit sleep with arms
outstretched and raised, as if
something lies beyond their reach.
4. Columbus waits in the Sargasso Sea.
He has never known longing
like now longs for a breeze.
5. After the tide, chunks of driftwood
litter the beach. The ocean is out,
like a dog, to fetch more sticks.
6. Fearing his equations lack beauty,
Copernicus walks the coming dawn.
The sky, like a bowl, fills with gold.
7. A moth gives no thought to the girth
of the world. By the moon, it guides
its wings. By the sun, it sleeps.
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