Equation 65

You cannot observe
both the position
                                                                                    He’s sixteen
                                                                                    keeps tabs on the periphery
                                                                                    
and the velocity
                                                                                    has learned to be
                                                                                    wary
of a particle
                                                                                    even as he laughs
                                                                                    at jokes with others
                                                                                    sitting next to him
at the same time
                                                                                    he’s doubting smiles
                                    
                                    At five he loved planets'
                                      names, colors, myths
                                    spun orbits of imagination
                                       before he understood
 
one cannot be certain                                                where something is
                                    
                                    We wait for some stories
                                          driving him home
                                       in a car full of silence
 
                                        A Heisenberg pilgrim