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Lace webs sprout charm quarks like Cheshire cats
MAXWELL’S DEMON
Demon bars a door too tiny for the likes of us to see
He lets fast atoms pass from B to A Their slower cousins from A to B
Exclusion being so small a price to pay for immortality
MUSIC FOR THE HEAT DEATH OF THE UNIVERSE
“There’s music in everything, even defeat.” —Charles Bukowski
Last star ember goes dark
Every atom freezes absolute zero
A mournful oboe lingers wavers
stops
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