Paradox Point

Cosmic Riddles               Which came first, dawn or dusk?           A circle has no beginning.             In an instant, how fast is an arrow?           It flies at every speed.             Why is night dark?           Because the universe is expanding.             What is the speed of darkness?           The same as the speed of light.           But what is the speed of light?           The same for everybody.             Is light...

The Fool in Heaven                    (After “The Fool On The Hill” by the Beatles)                  Day after day, alone on a hill           The man with a foolish grin is keeping perfectly still           But nobody wants to know him, they can see that he’s just a fool           And he never shows his feelings,  But the fool on the hill sees the sun going down              And the eyes in his head see the world spinning ‘round.             Well on the way, his head in a cloud           The man of a thousand voices talking perfectly loud         ...

The very model of a Bronze Age despot deity           (to the tune of “A Modern Major-General”)   He is the very model of a Bronze Age despot deity With imprecations animal and rock and plant and air, you see He is the king of kings and he provokes some fights historical From Jericho to Meggido, by methods categorical; He’s very well acquainted, too, with matters theological, He understands poetics, both the sane and the illogical, About how to be ethical he says you’ve got a lot to see, (lot to see, lot to see, lot to see..? Aha!) With many cheerful facts about the uses of hypocrisy. He’s very good at unifying and divisive politics He knows the thaumateurgic names of angels and their little tricks; In short in matters animal and rock and plant and air, you see He is the very model of a Bronze Age despot deity.