Tuesday, August 01, 2006

una res

a found poem

the one thing
by which
the world was created

and with which one could
"perform miracles"

no ordinary alchemist
interested
in making gold

Newton aspired
to a theory of alchemy

more comprehensive

than even his laws
of gravity


Found in this morning's New York Times

1 comment:

Lisa Johnson said...

I read this article earlier. It was really interesting. Great poem!

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