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src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B> <A NAME="telescopes_"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <div> <B>Telescopes</B><B> </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Stupendous cosmic sneeze</B></div> <div> <B>of fleeing galaxies,</B></div> <div> <B>a universe expanding</B></div> <div> <B>past human understanding,</B></div> <div> <B>yet seemingly designed</B></div> <div> <B>to picture man's own mind</B></div> <div> <B>that, also losing heart,</B></div> <div> <B>expands and flies apart:</B></div> <div> <B>to find out what you're hinting,</B></div> <div> <B>centuries we've been squinting</B></div> <div> <B>through telescopes that told,</B></div> <div> <B>well, what? You're big; you're old;</B></div> <div> <B>and to complete the fable,</B></div> <div> <B>desperately unstable.</B></div> <div> <B>It's time for something new,</B></div> <div> <B>maybe, to glimpse you through:</B></div> <div> <B>so new it may seem nutty,</B></div> <div> <B>like, say, a lump of putty —</B></div> <div> <B>the putty we are made of,</B></div> <div> <B>nothing to be afraid of.</B></div> <div> <B>It's like the world one savors,</B></div> <div> <B>mornings, of breakfast flavors.</B></div> <div> <B>By God, we'll have a winner:</B></div> <div> <B>Universe goes with dinner.</B></div> <div> <B>The meal's ready for fixing.</B></div> <div> <B>Get out your spoons, start mixing!</B><B> </B></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>