a southbound Amtrak

a southbound Amtrak
passenger and mail train gone
when the windows clear



From an NPR news story some time in the early 1990s. One evening I turned on my car radio and the words in the poem were the first thing I heard. Submitted by John Maruskin.

Personal Call

Hello?

Hello.

I just wondered

what your middle name

was.

My middle name?

Yeah.

I haven't got one,

actually

I've got a confirmation name

but

that's not really an official name

and

that's Mary.

Oh

same as mine.


Alright, Susan.

Thank you.



From Kate Bush�s interview on Personal Call, a BBC Radio 1 phone in, 1979. Submitted by Luke Bailey.

Place & Time

The atoms in a fluid can roll and tumble
and cascade around each other.
It's that flowing freedom that gives
fluid motion its hypnotic quality.

Allow yourself to become mesmerized
by the flow of a fast-moving river
around a bridge trestle and you'll know what I mean.

And there is dance in the roiling turbulence.
But, most importantly, the choreography
you're watching doesn't care about place and time.
What you see before your eyes today
is being repeated all across the cosmos.

If you don't believe me, go flush your toilet.



Taken from the NPR article, "How To See A Galaxy In Your Toilet Bowl", 18th February 2014. Submitted by Howie Good.