The Fireman Discovers Dark Energy

THE FIREMAN DISCOVERS DARK ENERGY


Astronomers speak of dark energy
as a way to explain what's inbetween
all the stuff of the universe.

The Fireman knows about dark energy.
He has felt these dark forces within
as when he grapples with black angels

somewhere deep within the stratosphere
or when the secret candle of his soul
flickers in the storm wind

and he holds on to life
like a spark among the ruins.
When he crawls inside himself

he feels the dark energies
open up within him
like a new geometry

and he dances like a superstring puppet.


Richard Smyth

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