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Drift & Swell

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The grey day has drifted into black night,
puddles of shining water reflect starlight;
I cannot count the stars, each star marking
out a galaxy of planets, and all life-less.
Distance equals speed multiplied by time
Light travels at approx 186,000 miles/sec,
this universe has existed for 13.7 billion years,
+/- a couple of hundred million, one helluva
long time * one helluva fast speed is the distance
we need to escape from G-d. The mind boggles, 
cuts out as I walk to the off-licence & buy Glenfiddich
a single malt Scotch whisky. Glenfiddich in Gaelic
means valley of the deer, who ranged far beyond
mathematical calculation, as human life disappeared. 

 

 

 

 

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John Marks

Fri 6th Jan 2023 16:34

Thank you kindly Stephen G, Frederick, Uilleam, Stephen Atkinson, Hélène.

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John Marks

Wed 4th Jan 2023 23:58

whiskey, Irish, uisce beatha, Connemara, Belvedere, Joyce

whisky, Scots, Culloden, Stinkin Billy, RLS, Walter Scott, Burns

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Stephen Gospage

Wed 4th Jan 2023 17:25

John, the intelligence of this poem warms us like a glass of Glenfiddich!

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Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh

Wed 4th Jan 2023 17:13

Glenfiddich-a lovely drop- and the solution to all of life's mysteries-or perhaps that's Jamieson's Irish, my dad's favourite!

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