Reverse Polarity

Because we shrink
the unknown by knowing
and wash dishes
to empty the sink for dishes

Maybe it takes a shock
to the neutron flow
to finally hear what thinking
sounds like or to excise
at least one eon
out of eons and eons
or to land a memorable blow
to our historical sense
that the fossilized sentience
of each sentient being
is magnetically recorded
in shifting tectonic
records of the ocean floor

The sunset curse on
those who feel
a need to duplicate
the world is set to expire

The culprit for this
for everything out of tune:
a word turned edgewise
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