Scale

by Tom Hooten

Depart my brain plus

46 billion light years

later still looking

for the edge of

what’s bigger makes

no sense

 

Dive inward minus

46 billion light years

cortex to quarks to

Planck’s place looking

where smaller makes

no sense

 

Sparks in the middle

tangled neurons

wonders all this

what am I

and where makes

no sense

 

 

TOM HOOTEN received his Master’s Degree in Physiological Psychology from Auburn University, was a pilot in the U.S. Air Force (retired), and had a second career as a Human Resources Director. He has published two scientific research papers (co-authored), a science fiction novel, Hollytime, and an essay, "The Physics of Fidget Energy." He is retired in sunny Florida where he often writes aboard his sailboat, Lone Hoot.