One of a Number

By Paul Truttman

 

When conceived

I slipped unceremoniously

from one universe

to another.

When born

I dropped rather loudly

from the second universe

to a third.

When dying

I will hopefully

ascend into yet a fourth,

a beyond-heathen plane.

If returning

to repeat the cycle,

I hope it is to

a different planet.

A planet where travel

is truly acknowledged—

at least by the engineers

of universe one and two.

 

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