Paradox Point

          When Opposites Unite           To the tune of “Ballad of Inverness”, or “Three Drunken Maidens”     Now, four-and-twenty opposites, they went to Inverness And when it all was over, there were four-and-twenty less.   Chorus: Have a ball with your partner when you’re up against the wall The night was made to make it if you wanna be made at all.   Position and momentum, they would fill you full of doubt When the one was concentrated, then the other one spread out   The questions and the answers, would their follies ever end? For every time an answer came, a question rose again.   (Chorus.)   Now space and time were very fine, they truly made the night For their fixin’ turned to mixin’ when they reached the speed of light   The local and the global, you could see them here and there Right here they’re int...

          Riddles           (6/12/1983)   Now just how bright do glowers glow? Exactly what do showers show? And how the hell do flowers flow?   Though people sometimes call them bright They really do not give off light Although they burn, they have no spark You see them most when times are dark And that’s because they make it so And that’s how darkly glowers glow.   Rain starts raining; droplings drop Forming, falling, splashing, stop Starting high and ending low That is what the showers show   Seed, then seedling; sproutling sprout Rooting, branching, leafing out Shifting, changing as they grow That is how the flowers flow.