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Monday 28 May 2012

It’s the bubble of life

This one belongs to parents:
‘Fond Hopes’
this to friend and lover:
‘Be Forever’,
That one got away:
‘Where I Want To Be’;
and so we watch
this spherical arrangement
of water and air
where burst is un-doubted
but intact willed,
where suicide bubbles
with touch and not-go
disrupt geometrical eloquence,
watch the carnival of flight
delight and sparkle
the kiss that kills
but exclaim in obdurate bubblitude:
and in a bubbling tone observe:
‘And bubbles there will always be!’

[Inspired by the album 'Bubbles' by Natalie Soysa and published in 'The Nation', UNDO Section

5 comments :

  1. I did love this photo essay in the 'Nation' yesterday. Delightful pictures and poem.

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  2. What's going on... only the mathematicians are supposed to be able to appreciate the beauty and complexity of bubbles. Looks like we have to add a poetry section to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soap_bubble now!!!

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  3. why would only mathematicians see the delicacy and the beauty of bubbles? there are people who can see beyond the x and y! Have you not seen the rainbows?
    sajic

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  4. I know. So I've been told, many times; but please dont bring a rainbow down to earth!

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