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The Body Deformed by Tidal Forces
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11 The Body Deformed by Tidal Forces Darkness still here, hunkered against the trees. Spring so uneasy this year. No matter morning’s boundary culling our bodies, another romantic passage assaults us! O limp future centered on this body! In the model solar system, planets suspend & twirl as if from a spider’s whirl. The quantum in backpedal, in decline, spring so ungripping this year. Bored mouth. Bored fingers. The umpteenth day/night running like such— truly, truly—this troubling with physics! Not still winter, not yet anything. O thuggish awakening. All planets but this one were named after gods. ...