By Duane Vorhees
Wasn't it Einstein
who gave precision
to relativity?
They say a life without love is a cataclysm.
Why didn't Einstein
make love
less variable?
Wasn't it Newton
who took force
from an apple?
The first discovery of love is like baptism.
Why couldn't Newton
delineate
passion's energy?
Wasn't it Fleming
who wrested the cure
from the mould?
The loss of ardour is psychic catastrophe.
Did Fleming know
there is no relief
from lust?
Didn't Einstein
define love as
space, time, and power?
The persistence of such love is a masterpiece.
Didn't he actually posit Eros
as mutual carnality squared?
About Duane Vorhees:
Duane Vorhees taught in Korea and Japan before moving to Thailand. Hog Press of Ames, Iowa, has published three of his books of poetry, Heaven, Gift: God Runs Through All These Rooms, and The Many Loves of Duane Vorhees.