Now Means Nothing Much

“‘Now’ means nothing”

So you synchronize your clocks

And send them off at different speeds

In opposite directions 

To bring them back and compare

Again to confirm Einstein.

There’s no universal now,

No universal timepiece,

No constant, perfect rhythm.

And this tells us what?

No point we make or measure

Can be more real than others,

Can ever be quite the same.

That’s not the same as nothing.

Oh the excitement 

Of cosmic insight!

Collect them by the dozens!

We were the beasts said time was.

Who else would say it wasn’t?