Quantum
you are as I found you
yes I know
that merely looking
will change everything
my glance
affects the quantum structure
we both actually see
the same thing differently
we taste the same thing
differently
we hear the same thing
differently
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you are as I found you
you change at my glance
before you arrived
you were aware of my look
you knew my taste
now when we meet
you transform
from worker to an object of desire
we become
without doing anything
different people
when we are together
we alter quantum structures
while remaining
intact separate connected
complete when apart
fulfilled when together
I watched a Nova documentary on quantum physics, not that I actually understood it that much but found the fact that some nano particles change when looked at fascinating. Much like people on ‘reality’ shows the camera changes their personality & they become performers not real people.
There are tribes of people who shun having their picture taken, or even likenesses drawn for fear their souls will be lost. Let’s face some people would sell their soul for their photos to go viral, so those tribes were on to something. It sometimes seems that Americans will do anything, literally, to get on TV or to have their social media go viral. Have you ever seen Big Brother?
This piece isn’t about reality TV but about how our personalities change for each other. Nearly everyone has public & private faces, even if we think we are the same all the time. Not that any face is fake, or false, but appropriate to a given situation. For me, merely anticipating seeing someone can change my mood. I like to be able to watching them crossing the street to my house.
I also wanted to create a romantic piece that more abstract that fleshy. Something about how sexual attraction is a lens, like a nano-microscope, that allows us to see another person in a way they may not even see themselves.
TOpoet 