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soonleenz@wandering.shop ("SoonLeeNZ") wrote:

It's still John M. Ford's birthday (April 10) in some parts of the world. He wrote one of my favourite poems, "Sonnet: Against Entropy" which was first published as a comment to a forum post. https://nielsenhayden.com/electrolite/archives/003789.html#29472

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John M. Ford, October 13, 2003, 05:41 PM: The worm drives helically through the wood And does not know the dust left in the bore Once made the table integral and good; And suddenly the crystal hits the floor. Electrons find their paths in subtle ways, A massless eddy in a trail of smoke; The names of lovers, light of other days -- Perhaps you will not miss them. That's the joke. The universe winds down. That's how it's made. But memory is everything to lose; Although some of the colors have to fade, Do not believe you'll get the chance to choose. Regret, by definition, comes too late; Say what you mean. Bear witness. Iterate.