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By Ann Curran

It looks like the birth of the universe—
two black holes swirling around each other

like a merry-go-round gone musically mad.
Then they were one and sent waves across time

and space like that wild-haired Jewish guy surmised.
We see them. Washington and Louisiana hear them

chirping like birds in a windowless house of horrors.
God, this is scary! What in the hell have You done?

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Two Hawaiian surfers have asked
NASA’s help in hitching a ride

on the gravitational wave
swelling across the universe

making sweet tweets along the way.
Like NFL players with CTE,

they’ve banged their boards against their beans
often enough to really believe

this is a sensible request.
Like JFK’s move to the Moon

(Posted 2017 August 17)