I put away the dishes,
\ncompleted household tasks
\nand asked cosmos in
\nfor coffee.
\nI asked if it would mind
\nsharing with an infinitesimal,
\nand offered cream and sugar.
\nThen we talked.
\nWhat\u2019s it like being born? I asked.<\/p>\n
I don\u2019t recall the beginning,
\ncosmos said,
\ncareful not to bump the ceiling.
\nI heard one star call to another,
\nI was born then.
\nWhat were you before?
\nNothing, cosmos said. Nothing.
\nI was born suddenly.
\nThere was nothing before. Nothing.<\/p>\n
What are we then, I asked?
\nA clock, the cosmos said.
\nWith a heart,
\na way of telling time,
\ncounting down infinity and having coffee.
\nI looked outside, killing time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I put away the dishes, completed household tasks and asked cosmos in for coffee. I asked if it would mind sharing with an infinitesimal, and…<\/p>\n