Indefinite Pronouns And The Universe Poem by Lonnie Hicks

Indefinite Pronouns And The Universe

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He said;
his arm flowing outward;

'The problem of the 21st Century
is the Indefinite Pronoun.

We're all everyone and no one
indefinite;
pronoun, but not a noun
the universal vagueness
of time, meaning, and identity,

rather like the cloud of electrons
flying around the nucleus of the atom
there and not there;
but capable of being anywhere
or in two places at the same time;
holding many beliefs constantly shifting,
feeling fervently one thing and its opposites
the next minute,
being who am I this minute
and not who I am the next minute;
in a world changing fast
speeding up
and speeding up faster
and faster;
indistinct
shadowy
flashing lights
spark
racing by
approaching
and not approaching the speed of light.

There I'm me, us
none of us;

we,
I
have said it;
both me?

The Indefinite Pronoun Defined

'Singular: another, anybody, anyone, anything, each, either, everybody, everyone, everything, little, much, neither, nobody, no one, nothing, one, other, somebody, someone, something

Plural: both, few, many, others, several.
Singular or Plural: all, any, more, most, none, some'
--

Is this a bizarre definition or what?

More bizarre, if this definition is literally true.

Modern Physics says this definition is literally true;
an accurate description of us and the universe
in which we live,
things popping in and out of existence.

We live in this universe and most likely have to come to
understand, like the indefinite pronoun,
we too, as individuals
and as collectives,
pop in and out of existence.
Not duality,
but multiplicities.
How else to explain
how we can harbor contradictory
beliefs;
sometime many many
in a single day?
And feelings too.
Am I changed in all of this
or merely your view of me?
Devil or Saint?
Depends apparently
upon what
time it is.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Dawn Fuzan 15 May 2014

Lonnie You did not waste ink on this poem.nice work

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