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Apocalypse is beautiful
Apocalypse is beautiful
when seen from far away.
Our latest telescope retells
a distant disarray:
Two galaxies collide, one dies,
and yet we do not weep,
but say, “What colors! What design!”
and get a good night’s sleep.
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