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As dust swirls around the black hole matter compresses causing it to glow.
Scientists [then] can only see the outline of the black hole, also called [ironically] its shadow.”… —Physorg.com
circling a shadow the stuff of something
gleams incandescent around the outline
of a vase upon a table, a blossom-cache
that tantalizes every eye that’s able
these shades of brilliant burgundy
are shapes of shadows cast
these shades of brilliant burgundy
are all of things that pass.
by Jim Culleny
1/17/12
