by W.H.Auden If all a top physicist knows About the Truth be true, Then, for all the so-and-so's, Futility and grime, Our common world contains, We have a better time Than the Greater Nebulae do, Or the atoms in our brains.
Marriage is rarely bliss But, surely it would be worse As particles to pelt At thousands of miles per sec About a universe Wherein a lover's kiss Would either not be felt Or break the loved one's neck.
Though the face at which I stare While shaving it be cruel For, year after year, it repels An ageing suitor, it has, Thank God, sufficient mass To be altogether there, Not an indeterminate gruel Which is partly somewhere else.
Our eyes prefer to suppose That a habitable place Has a geocentric view, That architects enclose A quiet Euclidian space: Exploded myths - but who Could feel at home astraddle An ever expanding saddle?
This passion of our kind For the process of finding out Is a fact one can hardly doubt, But I would rejoice in it more If I knew more clearly what We wanted the knowledge for, Felt certain still that the mind Is free to know or not.
It has chosen once, it seems, And whether our concern For magnitude's extremes Really become a creature Who comes in a median size, Or politicizing Nature Be altogether wise, Is something we shall learn.
Here is a list of (some of) the thoughts that run through my mind when I read this poem:
- I wonder how itd feel like if I were a nebula or an atom...
- Would I really want to be just a nebula or an atom??
- If I were a nebula or an atom would I have an identity crisis?
- Marriage is not the end of an adventure, its a beginning of one big adventure. While being married, you will feel you're an actress in a movie with all of these blend genres; thrillers, action, erotic, comedy, drama, adventure, war, romance, fantasy, horror, film noir, historical, science fiction, sport (run for your life...?) etc. etc.
- Dont kiss anyone who is a lot taller or shorter than you. If that person is far too irresistible and after considering the pros and cons (and/or whatever you might think of), you still want to kiss him so badly, remember to sit down (both of you). Or get a ladder. Itll save you from having a neck ache.
- Kissing a lover could also give you a headache. Especially when you dont have a lover but you still want to kiss one.
- When the universe expanded, if it expanded, what would happen to my astromical body? Would I feel uncomfortable as I was being stretched??
- I am going to attend a party, but I dont have anything to wear. This is a cosmic problem for all girls!!!
- Shall I wear high heels?
- I dont understand why Fogh won the election!
- What wrongs with my neurons? Why are they so down and depressed?? Will ECT help solve the problem?
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