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The Return of Scientific Theory

Oaths written between bed sheets and told through pressed foreheads don’t belong to you anymore, they’ve always belonged to me. The Return of Scientific Theory (circa Sept. 2022) Human beings are made out of stardust — Nearly all the elements of the human body were made in a star and traveled through several supernovas, perhaps several lifetimes. That is to say, nearly the entirety of our beings was forged in the fires of stars. The particles of our bodies came into existence billion of years ago and will continue to exist long after we are gone. Ashes to ashes — stardust to stardust. It is commonly believed that our universe sprang into existence in a big bang level event. This is what I was thinking — About the way our universe unfolded when you asked why I was crying. I have carefully practiced not turning everything into metaphors, extracting meaning where there is not. The moon is just an astronomical body that orbits our planet, And I’m just a girl straddling you as you shakily r