Beyond Omphalos
by
She consecrates liters of H3 and sulfur
on the altar of Apollo at Delphi
and gazes at the navel of the earth, expecting
the swirl of galaxies
forming within (with vibrato, string theory
sustained at the end of a chord) only to discover
a muted spectrum
No other communication arrives
to reveal a hidden watcher; her own
turned-inward gaze
but a starspeck, cryogenically frozen
waiting -- waiting for a glimpse of Chronos
his measured, unyielding stride
out beyond the red shift, and out of her hands
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