The article about quantum entanglement

is a spooky wave

carrying me into deep waters

far from the safety of familiar shores.

Even the physicists,

smiles glowing like stars,

admit the phenomenon boggles

but is stitched into the cosmos.

For proof they peer at distant quasars

with giant, mountaintop eyes,

crunch data to stardust,

craft formulas so long

as to encircle the globe.

They’re unraveling entanglement

so quantum computers

will better secure our codes and foil hackers.

A galaxy of effort to replace

what a ravenous black hole has devoured.

Meanwhile, a child, as yet

unentangled with reality,

lends their favorite toy to a friend

trusting its return to honesty.

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(Image of David and Annabelle)

David Henson