Ever notice—
the implications
of certain things persist,
while the purport
of others is considerably
diminished?
With each new
dead-ringer for Earth
they discover,
public interest
in "the scientific"
grows less
and less certain;
or you can't forget
the favorite actor
of the juvenile bastard
who last
broke your heart,
but you couldn't name
the eye color
of the woman who
named you and
fed you for years.
But of course, this is
just the only way
for significance
to persist, and yet still
remain endurable:
if you do not
support it, it just
disappears.
