of the day,
when appearance
and reality lose
their distinctions—
when concealment
and distraction are
priority one
and there's nothing
but news scrolling
across our TVs—
we may be too numb
to pay attention
to the scientists'
breathless declaration
from the podium
that they've finally
utilized the latest technology
to chop up
that tiny
inscrutable thing
(the thing that comprises
the bulk weight
of all of us)
and discovered,
definitively,
once and for all
that it really
is made
out of:
much smaller pieces.
