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No Ordinary Matter


A dull echo remains.
The radio astronomers are
All ears—
Big as satellite dishes—

Listening for news that was
Out of date
Light-years ago
Yesterday

As if it will set the world on fire.
As if hearing a peep from the Big Bang
Will tell us who we are.
© 2008 Peggy Landsman
 Published in The Neovictorian/Cochlea

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