A Quantum Of Solace

Cherry

By Ewan

Mon, 30 Sep 2024
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A cubit? A cubed-bit?
A queue-d bit? The q-bit
has no match,
hatch a plan, match a man
to a woman, to not-a-man
enough of the binary bits
of zero or one…
We are yet zero and one -
and the infinity of
values in between -
our number is 0∞ and 1∞

[How do you/he/she/they count infinity?]

The wonder of entanglements:
each and every q-bit affects the other
each (hu)man’s death diminishes me,
each q-bit increases, decreases,
multiplies, divides, adds and subtracts
everything – everywhere – all at once.

Love to the power of infinity?
Love is still love;
therein lies a quantum of solace.

Certificate U
Poem
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Comments

Submitted by marandina on

"...everything – everywhere – all at once." Isn't there a movie with that title? [Notwithstanding, I haven't seen it.]

Ah the beguiling mystery of the concept of infinity and...erm...so on.

Another highly original, cerebral poem.

 

 

Submitted by Ewan on

 ... But I believe the title of the film is lifted from a (glib) explanation of all things quantum (but I can't remember where from).
Many thanks for reading.
Ewan

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Submitted by Tom Brown on

0∞ doesn't make sense, and the last verse puzzles me I think love would have to be infinite to start with. Anyway nice words like quantem of solace., cubit, a cubed-bit a queue-d bit The q-bit? rubikcs cube? "How do you/he/she/they count infinity?" puzzles me also.

I'vre read about quantom compurters at this stage vague speculation. Next step will be light computers, faster than electrity.

Good clean fun! Cheers Ewan.

Tom