there are elements
that are not on
the periodic table
I built a world from these
but their properties
were impossible
to reconcile
the atoms loosened
and my world fell apart
beneath my feet
I was the wrong scientist
for the job
I was as foolish
as an alchemist who doesn’t know
that there’s no gold to be had
that doesn’t start with gold
and now I’ve become unstable
what spins off of me
leaves me charged
I am glowing in the dark
a poison candle
decay
half-life
every term of this art
tells my story
if I had been more careful
I would have started with carbon
and tin
but the elements I chose to use
were so
impossible
they were crying out
to be treated as real
so I did
and I did not succeed
but what came after
was a kind of success
as a scientist can always claim
that every failure teaches
something
Dark Matter 
June 20th, 2005 at 6:39 am
Coolio!
June 20th, 2005 at 6:39 am
Coolio!
June 20th, 2005 at 5:15 am
Back atcha.
June 20th, 2005 at 5:15 am
Back atcha.
June 20th, 2005 at 5:13 am
Re: why
you have that thing that just works for me, Tony. It’s a gift – connecting with folks with *issues* like me.
Hell, these are things we can all connect with, but relate to in different ways. Isn’t that the beauty of poetry? There is no right answer. 🙂
June 20th, 2005 at 5:13 am
Re: why
you have that thing that just works for me, Tony. It’s a gift – connecting with folks with *issues* like me.
Hell, these are things we can all connect with, but relate to in different ways. Isn’t that the beauty of poetry? There is no right answer. 🙂
June 20th, 2005 at 5:01 am
It’s mootchall, dahling.
‘Hope you don’t mind, but I friended you.
June 20th, 2005 at 5:01 am
It’s mootchall, dahling.
‘Hope you don’t mind, but I friended you.
June 20th, 2005 at 4:49 am
Nope. Glad to know you.
June 20th, 2005 at 4:49 am
Nope. Glad to know you.
June 20th, 2005 at 4:48 am
Um, ‘fringe’ is the proper term for me, I suppose. A friend of mine had a friend that read at one of the Incubator’s Balls. I dug it so kept coming back. I met Kevin P. and was thrown back to my VA roots by the Klute’s Baptist’s delivery. I had worked with Joe Schmoe at Kinko’s years before. So, I’m just on the outside looking in. I appreciate poetry and am a visual artist.
So, more than you asked for, right? heheheh
June 20th, 2005 at 4:48 am
Um, ‘fringe’ is the proper term for me, I suppose. A friend of mine had a friend that read at one of the Incubator’s Balls. I dug it so kept coming back. I met Kevin P. and was thrown back to my VA roots by the Klute’s Baptist’s delivery. I had worked with Joe Schmoe at Kinko’s years before. So, I’m just on the outside looking in. I appreciate poetry and am a visual artist.
So, more than you asked for, right? heheheh
June 20th, 2005 at 4:32 am
Re: why
You’re welcome. 🙂
June 20th, 2005 at 4:32 am
Re: why
You’re welcome. 🙂
June 20th, 2005 at 4:31 am
Hmmm. Have to think about that.
June 20th, 2005 at 4:31 am
Hmmm. Have to think about that.
June 20th, 2005 at 12:13 am
why
does everything you say speak to me?
if I had been more careful
I would have started with carbon
and tin
but the elements I chose to use
were so
impossible
they were crying out
to be treated as real
so I did
and I did not succeed
but what came after
was a kind of success
as a scientist can always claim
that every failure teaches
something
(this is my life right now – thank you)
June 20th, 2005 at 12:13 am
why
does everything you say speak to me?
if I had been more careful
I would have started with carbon
and tin
but the elements I chose to use
were so
impossible
they were crying out
to be treated as real
so I did
and I did not succeed
but what came after
was a kind of success
as a scientist can always claim
that every failure teaches
something
(this is my life right now – thank you)
June 19th, 2005 at 10:39 pm
I misread the last two lines as “that every failure reaches something” and I think I would recommend it be that. It feels more ambiguous like the rest of the poem. Love it! I can identify with this so much right now.
June 19th, 2005 at 10:39 pm
I misread the last two lines as “that every failure reaches something” and I think I would recommend it be that. It feels more ambiguous like the rest of the poem. Love it! I can identify with this so much right now.
June 19th, 2005 at 2:36 pm
*sigh*
Well that blows.
I was hoping to get a Tony fix.
June 19th, 2005 at 2:36 pm
*sigh*
Well that blows.
I was hoping to get a Tony fix.
June 19th, 2005 at 1:19 pm
thank you!
friend of the AZ crew, I take it?
June 19th, 2005 at 1:19 pm
thank you!
friend of the AZ crew, I take it?
June 19th, 2005 at 1:09 pm
thank you.
sorry, but no. i’m skipping Nats again, and don’t think I’ll be going back.
June 19th, 2005 at 1:09 pm
thank you.
sorry, but no. i’m skipping Nats again, and don’t think I’ll be going back.
June 19th, 2005 at 12:32 pm
Tony,
This was beautiful.
I especially liked these two sections of wisdom:
I was the wrong scientist
for the job
I was as foolish
as an alchemist who doesn’t know
that there’s no gold to be had
that doesn’t start with gold
and
so I did
and I did not succeed
but what came after
was a kind of success
as a scientist can always claim
that every failure teaches
something
(especially the latter)
will you be in ABQ this summer?
June 19th, 2005 at 12:32 pm
Tony,
This was beautiful.
I especially liked these two sections of wisdom:
I was the wrong scientist
for the job
I was as foolish
as an alchemist who doesn’t know
that there’s no gold to be had
that doesn’t start with gold
and
so I did
and I did not succeed
but what came after
was a kind of success
as a scientist can always claim
that every failure teaches
something
(especially the latter)
will you be in ABQ this summer?
June 19th, 2005 at 11:56 am
I truly dig your use of science and alchemy in this piece.
June 19th, 2005 at 11:56 am
I truly dig your use of science and alchemy in this piece.