NEWTON�S APPLE
I caught an apple falling
and wondered what I missed
There were greater wonders crawling
than in that cumbered fist
Is the apple �one� because no others fell
Or is it merely real�being potent hail?
I further guessed its reason:
to dazzle and obscure
How to spy its shadow, or what its shadow holds
if pursuit in this direction distracts me from my chores?
Is this an apple-thought I�ve had
while I descried its coming
or only passing-gentleness usurped by brutal cunning?
--9/28/05
Poetry 2006
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