The Perimeter of the
Atom
The wavelength of the photon
was a million meters,
and the frequency of the waves,
a thousand hertz, with billions
bouncing and trillions trailing.
And around these, in a smaller band
of energy and might, two atoms are scattered,
and one molecule. But the old element,
who was exhumed from the earth
she came from, at a distance of less than
a million microns, enlarges the band
insubstantially, and the social proton
celebrating her birth, at the nearby disco
of a night club far across, includes
the entire Universe in the band.
And I won't even speak of the kinky
quarks, who are the brain of creation.