It’s Either Achilles and the Tortoise or Us and Rigor Mortis, by Chris Gaither

Chris Gaither

It’s Either Achilles and the Tortoise or Us and Rigor Mortis

The universe is a kinetic watch

so time only keeps going

if we’re on the move

making Zeno’s paradox of motion

just a way of reassuring ourselves

that there’s always more ground to cover

Other works by Chris Gaither...

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We Always Say Never Enough

We’ve got enough to go on That there’s enough for everybody So long as we are tough enough But we couldn’t leave well enough… And soon enough

Slowly but Slowly

But surely, you’ve noticed by now That all progress is incremental Across increments of time Because all progress is time-bound And the unfolding of time

“So here it is at last, the distinguished thing!”:

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You can’t believe without doubt But if you only believe in doubt Then you’re doubting doubt Which is like Exhaling and exhaling

Bad Listeners Compensate with Surveillance

When a tone deaf authority insists you watch your tone it’s because they would never ask you to do something they aren’t already doing themselv…