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Empty3

John Prophet

Empty.
Where?
Is there
anyone
else?
Alone.
Any others
out there?
Unanswerable!
Estimated
two trillion
galaxies
in the
visible
universe.
Perhaps
multiples
more
beyond
our view.
Each housing
billions
of stars.
For many,
the light
we now see
departed
billions
of years
ago.
Before
our sun
was born.
Though
all the
light
we see
currently
may be
dead.
What’s
happening
there now
we won’t
know for
billions
of years.
They currently
could be
teaming
with life,
but we’ll
never know.
We’ll be
gone.
Are we alone
in the universe?
Doubt it.
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Submitted by JohnProphet2 on December 26, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme abbcdefbghcijgklmnopqRsatahRUvncwvjtaaaxyqz1 NRuaaq2 3 va4 ek5
Characters 552
Words 123
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 58
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John Prophet

John Prophet is considered by many in the literary community to be the Salvador Dalí of poetry. His rough-hewn unfettered style mimics the artist’s unconventional view of perceived reality. Prophet encourages (through the skeletal approach of his writings) the reader to focus on the individual meaning of each word, thus allowing its message to be front and center. Meaning that can be muted within sentences and paragraphs. This creates vividness otherwise hidden. The skeletal nature of his efforts also allows the reader to flesh out meaning based on the readers personal worldview. Thus, no two observers are reading the exact same creation. more…

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