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I, Universe, regret much—
the demise of the dodo,
the demotion of Pluto,
your inability to grasp
wave-particle duality.

I, Universe, admit
mosquitos were a mistake,
black holes lack circumspection,
that the incompleteness theorem
is rather discouraging.

I, Universe, acknowledge
your complaints and lamentations,
and offer in my defense
the mitigating fact
that I gave you cat.



Mary Soon Lee is a Grand Master of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association and a three-time winner of both the AnLab Readers’ Award and the Rhysling Award. Her latest book is How to Navigate Our Universe, a collection of astronomy poetry. Her website, cryptically named, is marysoonlee.com.
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