Distance

ARC

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The universe is expanding,

it says.

And accelerating.

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"Hubble's Law: distance over velocity equals time. Notice

that the time is independent of the distance--galaxies twice

as far away are moving twice as fast. Therefore, the time

they took to cross the intervening distance is the same."

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I struggle to understand it

while the grandness of the distance

dances

around my brain.

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Space tells matter how to move,

and matter tells space how to curve,

it says.

Hubble’s great creation

could soon be dead,

but his laws

live on.

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The distance is growing

faster,

it says.

Will we miss the others,

I wonder?

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It seems impossible.

Anything

must be possible, though,

for the universe is a big place,

yes...

So enormous

that no God of sorts

could ever

have created all of it

in one sweeping motion

of some satin-sleeved arm.

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There is no center,

it says.

There is no edge.

And the entire universe

is moving away

from itself

faster and faster...

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Will we miss the others?