Whatever That Means

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a quantum angel touched my cheek,
genuine article, whatever that means—
a cloud of particles bitterness-sweet

“whatever that means” I get from physicist or priest
but each, with axe to grind, will speak
of proofs or myths, will speak of quantities
and quantum shifts, or miracles like Vishnu’s raft
or Noah’s ark; of stillness, storms, horizons
that endlessly retreat —the stuff we craft:
the tools we use to search and reach for One
we may or cannot ever meet

Jim Culleny
8/8/20