Apr/May 1999 Poetry |
Sinatra 5.15.98
The scientist James Maxwell predicted that radio waves
would exist in space in a kind of forever.From earth, 1956 bounces against Pluto
on its way to Andromeda,
1968 tangles with 1986, jangling
in the asteroid belt.This is to say that after the final private O
of Sinatra's mouth, this crystal globe
will radiate his songs/our lives
once again, in a kind of forever:teenagers will swoon, ancient as Sirens,
and his circle-breath notes will rise
like smoke rings from a mournful lover.
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