Schrodinger's Cat by pattimast

Schrodinger's Cat

Playing both sides of the field
Has always been my augur of recompense;
And I can't be a hypocrite, for there's far more
Than two sides to me now;
I could never fit into one highly selective college degree
Of one category only; or ride one solitary train of thought
To it's purposeful destination, without hopping off
For the first crossbound train that happened along,
Simply because I was curious to see where it was going to end up.
Only later on, I realize I will never see the end of the first line;
Never rode anything, to it's logical conclusion.
But then the light enlarges, as if a lightbulb had let out a quantum fart;
Or a drop of rain hits me square on the third eye,
And I feel the benediction then, on all my random perturbations:
I know I am every bit as unlikely and unpredictable
As any charm quark, half dead or alive
Clinging onto the ghost of Schrödinger's Cat.

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Chaos1214
Ha ha... Give yourself a little credit, H. A dab of creative duality can expatiate a whole heap of sins : D
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Leslie Alexis
Schrödinger eh. to even know of him is to be great.. and to write like u do...
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John Weber
Exhilarating turn of phrasing and content, heterodynemind! I can relate to the existential quality of this one! Warm regards, John.
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heterodynemind
Ok Prathap; if we are going to cut up half dead cats here, let's just imagine we replaced ghost with 'holy spirit' , LOL for technical the porpoises!
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prathap suthan
I think I just took a quantum leap. And I am not sure if that cat is alive or dead yet. So 'ghost' maybe a technical error? hehe
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