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Megaphysics
Few are really aware of
Such universes
Existing beyond our own
Even fewer of so many other versions
Of selfhood living
In each of them, let alone
This simple secret:
At the depth of consciousness
Lives a quantum
Or soul as we prefer to call it
A particle, demon and/or angel dancing
The same dance afar, far apart
In an entanglement
Contingency
You can certainly put your mind (or soul)
Into a gold Maytag, but first you’d better
Empty the pockets, since coins or keys
Left in them might damage the machine
You can certainly wash it really clean if
You use warm water, the right detergent and
Wash it twice, or even three times. As for the
Stains, there are all kinds of powerful agents
You can certainly dry it in a machine or
Better to hang it outside on a clear day
Let the sunshine do the job, let nature
Take care of it before you put it on again
e.Venture
after downloading all my
consciousness, sub or sur, I tried
to upload it onto the inner page of
a Douglas fir, an arctic wolf
a fish fossil, a quantum robot, or
a mountain dew but without success
so I inserted the u disk back
into my head, when an electric
black out just happened. That’s
how I lost all my memories
my entire selfhood inside out
Consciousness Determines Existence
It is not the consciousness of men that
Determines their existence, Marx says
But their social existence that determines
Their consciousness. However, the opposite
May prove true, since once you change
Your way of thinking, or your frame of mind
You will live a different life, which will
By logical extension, change your whole
Social existence, just as a single drop of dye
Changes the color of a large body of water
Accumulated within your inner space
Choice Is More Significant Than Effort
If, if only we chose
To see, to hear
To smell, to touch
And to taste what is good
True or beautiful, how
Desirable a human life
Would be worth living
Alas, we might never hope to do so
But we can at least try, and in trying
We will elevate our inner being
To a high frequency which will
Resonate with an equally high living
Or did you?
To Change Yourself Is to Change the Whole World
You know little, you know nothing
About quantum entanglement?
Don’t feel ignorant. Me either
But listen: once you’ve changed
Your own inner being, you will
Be better off, and once your self is
Better off, so will your family; so will
Your neighborhood; your village or city
Your homeland; your (and our)
Whole world. The same is true
With quantum physics, exactly
As in human society
Inner Cosmesis
We spend tones of effort, time and money
To take care of our outer looks, but little
On our inner being. Is this because nobody can
See it, or because everyone is happy about it?
Oh, me for one, how I wish
To improve both the appearance
And essence of my selfhood
Not with cosmetics
But with surgery
Yuan Changming published monographs on translation before leaving China. With a Canadian PhD in English, Yuan currently edits Poetry Pacific with Allen Yuan in Vancouver; credits include ten Pushcart nominations, the Naji Naaman's Literary Prize 2018, Best of the Best Canadian Poetry, BestNewPoemsOnline, Threepenny Review and 1,449 others worldwide.
yuan changming @ Poetry Pacific
https://poetrypacific.blogspot.ca
https://happyyangsheng.blogspot.ca
Lotus Image & License: Depositphotos_32738103_s-2015
Few are really aware of
Such universes
Existing beyond our own
Even fewer of so many other versions
Of selfhood living
In each of them, let alone
This simple secret:
At the depth of consciousness
Lives a quantum
Or soul as we prefer to call it
A particle, demon and/or angel dancing
The same dance afar, far apart
In an entanglement
Contingency
You can certainly put your mind (or soul)
Into a gold Maytag, but first you’d better
Empty the pockets, since coins or keys
Left in them might damage the machine
You can certainly wash it really clean if
You use warm water, the right detergent and
Wash it twice, or even three times. As for the
Stains, there are all kinds of powerful agents
You can certainly dry it in a machine or
Better to hang it outside on a clear day
Let the sunshine do the job, let nature
Take care of it before you put it on again
e.Venture
after downloading all my
consciousness, sub or sur, I tried
to upload it onto the inner page of
a Douglas fir, an arctic wolf
a fish fossil, a quantum robot, or
a mountain dew but without success
so I inserted the u disk back
into my head, when an electric
black out just happened. That’s
how I lost all my memories
my entire selfhood inside out
Consciousness Determines Existence
It is not the consciousness of men that
Determines their existence, Marx says
But their social existence that determines
Their consciousness. However, the opposite
May prove true, since once you change
Your way of thinking, or your frame of mind
You will live a different life, which will
By logical extension, change your whole
Social existence, just as a single drop of dye
Changes the color of a large body of water
Accumulated within your inner space
Choice Is More Significant Than Effort
If, if only we chose
To see, to hear
To smell, to touch
And to taste what is good
True or beautiful, how
Desirable a human life
Would be worth living
Alas, we might never hope to do so
But we can at least try, and in trying
We will elevate our inner being
To a high frequency which will
Resonate with an equally high living
Or did you?
To Change Yourself Is to Change the Whole World
You know little, you know nothing
About quantum entanglement?
Don’t feel ignorant. Me either
But listen: once you’ve changed
Your own inner being, you will
Be better off, and once your self is
Better off, so will your family; so will
Your neighborhood; your village or city
Your homeland; your (and our)
Whole world. The same is true
With quantum physics, exactly
As in human society
Inner Cosmesis
We spend tones of effort, time and money
To take care of our outer looks, but little
On our inner being. Is this because nobody can
See it, or because everyone is happy about it?
Oh, me for one, how I wish
To improve both the appearance
And essence of my selfhood
Not with cosmetics
But with surgery
Yuan Changming published monographs on translation before leaving China. With a Canadian PhD in English, Yuan currently edits Poetry Pacific with Allen Yuan in Vancouver; credits include ten Pushcart nominations, the Naji Naaman's Literary Prize 2018, Best of the Best Canadian Poetry, BestNewPoemsOnline, Threepenny Review and 1,449 others worldwide.
yuan changming @ Poetry Pacific
https://poetrypacific.blogspot.ca
https://happyyangsheng.blogspot.ca
Lotus Image & License: Depositphotos_32738103_s-2015
