On Further Observation (ii)

 

you're only as good as

your engineering.

On Further Observation

The basic problem with observation

is the basic problem 

with hard science: 

 

Observation

 

The acquisition of information

from

a primary source.

The First Rule

 

The first rule

is

Observation.

Away

 

The Away Team (5)

 

Species.

The Away Team (4)

 

Genus.

The Away Team (3)

 

Family.

The Away Team (2)

 

Class.

Order.

The Away Team

 

Kingdom,

 Phylum. 

The Crew Of The CBL-21 Blanket Ivy (final)

 

Between then and now

between then and now

now and then.

The Crew Of The CBL-21 Blanket Ivy (winding down)

 

All we can do is listen-

you there

in this moment, me

here in mine.

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While from the future-

a message

complicated by uncertain visions.

The Crew Of The CBL-21 Blanket Ivy (31)

 

From the past -

a message blurred by

memory.

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sitting here

between

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And the conversation is

back and

forth, what has

happened, what

will happen, and

you and

I now

The Crew Of The CBL-21 Blanket Ivy (28)

 

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Gladstone, Huto N.

Spark Machinist, Second Class.

 

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Each of us

our own

ancestors

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We are between past and future- 

our lives like a ball

a game between

racketed opponents

you swing you

may hit you 

swing you

may not