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Ripples of Love

A short poem, inspired by the detection of gravitational waves

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American


Two black holes collide in the distance

making waves across the universe.

Some billion years later


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we hear the sound of their union, a chirp.