Parallel Universes
This morning, on my way to work
I thought of the parallel universe
Existing side by side in this world
Cars on autobahn zipped with a speed of 150 km per hour
While chickens stroll on the dirt road besides the cow pasture
People in 747 jumbo jet cruising at an altitude of 40 000 feet
Waved at the teenager bride in a bullock cart
With closed eyes
The bare breasted women in Nice beach
And the widows in Varanasi in knee deep water
Did sun worship .
As the naked kids played
On the dirt and muddy field
With the soccer ball made out of newspaper
The space probe to the Jupiter and beyond
Sent photos to JPL lab with dazzling colors
From the safe height beyond the radar detection
The B2 bomber dropped the cluster bombs
As the bare feet naked kids collect cassava roots.
While the automated machine for fMRI
Read the brain waves as we think
And as the expression of thousands of genes got
Computed in milliseconds
The time sat for eternity in the shade of a mango tree
Giving company to the boy with a stick tending his goats.
As the night fell
The crickets took over the world around my home
Pining for love
Never caring for the cacophony of the speeding cars
On nearby freeway
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((*I*))
September 7, 2006 |