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A Tale of Cosmos - Part 2

the Universe, a self-defining everything
  but then, what of the Cosmos wherein we all dwell?
  that big bang blast, forever on a far-flung fling
  from beyond and within which, lurks heaven and hell

  gargantuan pile-up, a collision of four
  ephemeral figments; can they really be real?
  or like drugs and religion at perception's door
  strange phantom shapes swirl around and regale

  but there is method in madness, science and hope
  there are leaps to imagine, refute and confirm
  more dreams in philosophy than mystical dope
  from below and above, there is light to discern

  like quantum uncertainty, light flickers down deep
  as dim microwave background imprints the sky
  with inflated fluctuations that let us take a peep
  at the character of Cosmos and the question why

  more questions of time, of the before and after
  of the the nature of boundary, the shape of space
  does Cosmos have siblings to join the laughter
  and what of the parents, is there even a trace?

  sub-universe islands in parallel dimension
  many-world solutions or division at source
  multiverse plethora, too many to mention
  whilst down in the jungle, monkeys have "branes" of course

  furiously typing, they have weird stories to tell
  black and white worm holes through the fabric of space-time
  naked singularities down gravity's well
  mad virtual particles waving two-faced rhyme

  what can the matter be with fermion display?
  baryons race round on large hadron collider
  a maniacal meson streaks on her cosmic ray
  as ***** quarks they wriggle and wiggle inside her

  forces foregather, carrier bosons assemble
  they are weak and strong and electromagnetic
  look out for gravitons in deep layer tremble
  and for throngs of 'anti's' so short lived and hectic

  hard to pin down, gravity is ever so grave
  it works well on top but then not on the bottom
  quantum mechanics have lost their grip on this knave
  squeeze relativity, they end up with flotsam

  we continue to search for theories of everything
  but as our knowledge grows so we seem to know less
  order from chaos, eleven-dimensional string
  but scientific method is bound to impress

  shows shadowy figures emerging back stage
  massive dark matter, galactic wove-weaving weft
  supercluster filaments of incredible age
  quiet cosmological constant, so crafty and deft

  dark energy pressure, a spontaneous froth
  when Einstein met this one, his mistaken mistake
  for empty space vacuum expands like bubbling broth
  accelerating Cosmos, seems real not fake

  let's measure the temperature, hot or cold
  from the time big bang, fiery frenzy of heat
  to near absolute zero, spread thin and so old
  as stars whimper out and have very cold feet

  our enemy entropy, remorseless build-up
  heat and information, must it all dissipate?
  but let us drink wild elixir, fill up the cup
  then push positive feedback before it's too late

  watch stars spring from nurseries to nurse their own brood
  by these bright young lights Cosmos knows it's around
  infant intelligences with novel thoughts for food
  we are its star stuff, so let's not snuff out our sound

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Date: 11/28/2018 1:52:00 PM
Well written indeed!
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Ian Love
Date: 11/29/2018 8:44:00 AM
Hi - thank you for your kind responses - if you have 8th verse xxxx version that should read " queer " - for some reason someone or something does not like that word
Date: 11/2/2018 8:32:00 AM
Totally good stuff
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Date: 11/29/2018 8:42:00 AM
Thank you Joshua - if you have the 8th verse xxxx version that should read "queer" - for some reason someone or something does not like that word
Date: 10/25/2018 12:57:00 AM
very well framed.
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Date: 10/29/2018 3:56:00 AM
Hi Neeru Bhatt - thanks for the response
Date: 2/3/2018 5:11:00 PM
Thecosmos is so pretty to see. You ask questions no one can answer,therfore you will not get your answer.
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Ian Love
Date: 10/29/2018 3:57:00 AM
Hi Darlene De Beaulieu - thanks so much for responding

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