Introduction to Physics

I ask them to look at physics

and break it down

like a fissioning atom

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or press an eye upon its scope.

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I say drop physics' knotted yarn

and watch it unravel to basic theory

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or walk in to the physics realm

and get a feel for its laws.

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I want them to play catch

with the great theories thrown

by physicists from across space and time.

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But the only thing they want

is to duct tape physics to the wall

and stuff numbers down its throat.

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They beat an answer out of it

without actually caring what it means.