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Snowflake Rings a Bell
Just because
every 10 minutes
 enough snow falls on our
planet
 to make a 10-foot snowman
for every person on Earth,
Just because every snowflake
is 1/10 trillionths of
a 10-foot snowman
because a 10-foot snowman
takes 10 trillion snowflakes
to build,
Just because each snowflake contains
1000 water molecules
of exhaled water vapor
from every person on Earth,
Just because since the formation of our globe
10 times the weight of
the planet
has floated down to its
surface
in the form of snow,
Doesn't mean that when Johannes Kepler wrote
"to imagine an individual
soul
for each and every snowflake
is utterly absurd"
That he was right!
If every snowflake has no soul,
If every one of the quadrillion water molecules
in every snowflake has
no soul,
If every dustmote, pollen grain or protozoan at the center
of each and every snowflake
has no soul,
Why when snowflakes melt
does air trapped inside
them
turn into tiny bubbles
which make ringing sounds
of tiny bells
when they form?
Why is a blind girl's tongue so sensitive
when a snowflake melts
on her tongue
she can feel and sense
its unique design
transported to her brain
the instant before it melts
the instant before air
trapped inside the snowflake
turns into bubbles
that last less than a second
but make the sound of tiny
ringing bells
when they form inside her mouth?
--Antler
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