“The Glimmer”
by Aron C. Wall
We used to think it was about individual particles,
and that the measuring apparatus was the same as before.
Then the War began, and it became personal;
each of us needing to roll dice,
and consult the railway tables,
To see what new home could become our destination;
or whether, if we could stay, home would remain home.
Some of us—secretly, but entangled with the rest—
dropped the sun on our new-home’s enemies.
These histories decohere,
but you can still see the glimmer in each raindrop,
winking and saying:
“You won’t believe it,
not even if someone tells you,
but life is quantum, not classical.”
—Holy Saturday, 2017