Uncertainty

The sign said.
"Heisenberg may have slept here"
so we'll never know.

Was he never here
or was he here and failed to sleep?
Perhaps he sneaked in the back
and sawed some zz's on the couch.

We'll never know at all - for as
soon as we spot him he'll disappear.

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Fay Slimm
Ha ha - - I love this write Robert. -- A classic poetic use of perception wrapped in wit.
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Frank James Ryan Jr./FjR
Hmmm....Physical properties may be the perspcuity, here, Robert! Enjoyed this,my friend, as always...~FjR~
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Dorothy A. Holmes apwlts2
Uncertanity...with its strangle hold on life if allowed...Nice verse. Dorothy A Poet Who Loves To Sing
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John X. McCullagh
The Scene is changed by the act of the observer observing. Its like trying to stomp on a cave cricket
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Dr.subhendu kar
as it happens by principle of uncertainty , yet not beyond still within
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H. Baddley
That's generally what happens. Very wise words! :)
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