String Theory

 

Strings:

sparks in leptons, muons,

neutrons, gravitons and quarks;

a viral pandemic of

insinuators

wiggling on the waves

between a voice and its lover's ear,

passing timbre along the nerves

one cilia

at a time

until they surge.

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Gravitons ground and undo us --

training wheels

on our trikes

holding aspirants

from illimitable flight

titillating a wild-eyed faith in

a Theory of Everything