{"id":9001,"date":"2012-08-01T08:40:21","date_gmt":"2012-08-01T06:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/egophobia.ro\/?p=9001"},"modified":"2012-08-11T00:43:11","modified_gmt":"2012-08-10T22:43:11","slug":"poems-by-mike-berger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/?p=9001","title":{"rendered":"Poems by Mike Berger"},"content":{"rendered":"

New Paradigms<\/strong>
\n 
\nWe send probes into the mysteries’
\ngreat abyss; they come echoing back
\ndevoid of information.
\n 
\nBreakthroughs are but new metaphors;
\ndifferent ways to slice and dice what
\nwe think is real.
\n 
\nConstantly massaging reality with
\nstiff upper lipped observation. Crunching
\nsymbols and numbers until they fit.
\nScientific knowledge dances on the head
\nof a pin.
\n 
\nIn an ironic twist of fate it was an incidental
\nflaming that became the great insight of
\nmodern science. Probing the quantum world
\nthey discovered that we find exactly what
\nwe’re looking for.<\/p>\n

 
\n 
\n Wrong Perspective<\/strong>
\n 
\nComplexity weaves a convoluted web;
\nthe human mind is drawn to the complex.
\nWe break thorny problems into their
\nconstituent parts. We spend years
\nprobing the interrelationships until we
\nthink we understand. This is a fools
\nparadise.
\n 
\nIt isn’t that complex that needs our
\nunderstanding; it’s the obvious. Light,
\ntime and space remain deep mysteries.
\nWe say the same things the Greeks
\nsaid 3000 years ago. It’s now dressed
\nup in elegant language.
\n 
\nFor these eons of time our focus has been
\nall wrong. Science isn’t about light, space,
\nand time or the complex. We will never
\nsolve the deep mysteries until we have a
\nclear understanding of the human mind.
\n 
\n <\/p>\n

Voodoo<\/strong>
\n 
\nI’m fascinated with voodoo though
\nI’m not into zombies and the walking
\ndead. Living gargoyles as such leave
\n me totally cold.
\n 
\nI often wonder what part of the human
\npsyche conjure up werewolves and
\nvampires. They seem to arise from
\ndark corners of the mind where fantasy
\ndwells.
\n 
\nI have a fascination in a special branch
\nof voodoo. It’s called modern science.
\nIt has a cult claims to have discovered
\ntruth.
\n 
\nThey delude themselves into believing
\ntheir findings are real. They have
\n“proved\u201d that charmed quarks really exist.
\nWhen in reality they haven’t the foggiest
\nidea of what’s going on at the subatomic
\nlevel. They find what they’re looking for.
\n 
\nWhat is it called if your findings depend
\non how you beat on your drums. I call
\nit stiff upper lipped voodoo.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Quaint<\/strong>
\n <\/p>\n

The city is laden with delightful sights,
\nto tease and titillate. Glitzy storefronts
\nline the busy streets. They beckon you.
\n 
\nMannequins wildly dressed adorn a
\ndozen shops. The pastry shop displays
\na bagillion calories in its windows. The
\nquaint art gallery displays only modern art.
\n 
\nQuaint little boutiques line the streets.
\nNo wheeled vehicles allowed, foot traffic
\nonly. You can browse for hours and
\nnever buy anything.
\n 
\nThe only problem is that it is impossible
\nto see much of anything through the smog.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 
\nQuantum Hour Glass <\/strong>
\n <\/p>\n

I threw my watch away twenty
\nyears ago. I really don’t care what
\ntime it is. The Sun and the Moon
\nare my timepieces. The exception is
\nmy old hourglass.
\n 
\nIt’s been in the family for who knows
\nhow long. I use it several times each
\nweek. I don’t trust my judgment when
\nI’m boiling eggs. I turn over my
\nhourglass and watch the white sand
\ntrickle down .
\n 
\nIt’s fascinating to watch but it’s perplexing.
\nThe hour glass presents a quantum conundrum.
\nIt would drive a quantum physicist crazy.
\nHow does each grain of sand know when
\nIt\u2019s his turn to fall.
\n 
\nI refuse to trifle with such heady things.
\nAll I know is my eggs, come out just right.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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