yield

time and space yield to no one
tho anthropogenic change has slowed
the spin of the earth
milliseconds of fat
water around the equator
you and your grandchildren’s grandchildren
may not note it but the meta—
verses will: a financial irregularity
a capitalization a millisecond too late
mega millions missing or lost

and so, no matter how far away
i move from my hometown
the places stay the same
but imperceptibly changed
in a tangential but indelible way

way too often i return
nothing is ever really the same
the more i come back the more
i change

the song remains the same

What I’m Reading:

As polar ice melts, water moves from the poles toward the equator — making our Earth bulkier and rotate slower… For billions of years, Earth’s movements — how it spins and at what speed — have been primarily determined by forces beyond human influence, such as the pull of the moon and processes at our core and mantle. Now, the melting of Earth’s ice sheets, accelerated by human-driven warming, is influencing those motions.

— Kasha Patel / “Why melting ice sheets are making our days longer” / The Washington Post