OUT OF THE BOX

[MARC SELSBY]

SINCE POETRY WOULDN’T STAY IN SCHRODINGER’S BOX, IT WOBBLED OUT ONE DAY ON THE PRECESSIONAL EQUINOX. THIS AMAZING FEAT, NO ORDINARY IDIOM HAPPENED IN THE NON-EUCLIDEAN. THE EQUINOX TRIP TAKES 26,000 YEARS - YOU BRING A GYROSCOPE, ASTROPHYSICIST AND ALL HIS PEERS. A FRIEND OF OURS LEFT ILL PREPARED – HE BROUGHT A POET, ASTROLOGER AND LUTE PLAYERE. WE FOUND HIM YEARS LATER ON SIRUS B PLAYING THE FLUTE AT A UFO PARTY. (IT WAS ONLY A MATTER OF PROBABILITY THAT HE HADN’T LEFT THE WHOLE GALAXY). IF YOU THINK THIS STORY IS UNTRUE REMEMBER POETRY IS ALWAYS SLIGHTLY ASKEW. AND WHAT IN THIS WORLD STARTS OUT SQUARE         BECOMES A LOT DIFFERENT OVER THERE.