Finding the Goldilocks
Zone
Tell me again
(you don’t have to use
those
jawbreaker words,
and instruments can lie)
how much I am allowed to
want you
how much is too much
how much not enough
how much a perfect
porridge
bowl of just right?
Because, goldilocks,
this mind reading act
of mine is not
working
out.
April 2012
Process Notes: Loosely defined, the Goldilocks zone, comfort zone or habitable zone, is the area in a star's effective region where planetary bodies may conceivably have atmospheric conditions which allow water to be present, and therefor, the possibility of life, i.e. not too hot not too cold etc.
Image: Artist's Conception of Upsilon Andromeda D, By Lucianomendez (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) or GFDL (www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)], via Wikimedia Commons
Geez. This resonates right down to the bone, for me.
ReplyDeletei rather like very thin orbits...much easier to read the mind at that proximity...hehe...but i hear you....mind reading is not a whole lot of fun in relationships...
ReplyDeleteOh dear! (Not tedious.) Clever. Apt for many. Gets to the point! (And the age-old.) K.
ReplyDeleteFantastic write! Hits the nail on the head. Perfectly.
ReplyDelete"How much" I want to say, this is just right! :)
ReplyDeleteWonderful. Truly, it's a wonder anyone finds just the sweet spot where love lives and thrives mutually.
ReplyDeleteParadoxes of language, that we understand the future better when peering further back into our story, and studying the heavens can tell us so much about the heart. The Goldilocks Zone is the G-spot of Earth-like development and the rare zone where love can flourish: Unfortunately the printout for this isn't shared well between consenting adults, and one man's gold nuggets is another woman's treacly frozen dinner. And then the astrophysicists determine that the zone is actually much different, that the way it is isn't the way they thought it was at all -- and what does that tell us about us? Everything, dammit ... what a fun write, H. - Brendan
ReplyDeleteAs the earth said to the sun, 'What goes around, comes around.' *ignores suppressed groans* Yes, the heavens are a huge canvas for the murals we decide to paint of meaning. And I suppose the spot wouldn't be so sweet if it was easy to find, or what we thought it was. Isn't it amazing how that phrase can just work out for almost everything?? Thanks for introducing me to it, and for reading, as always, B.
DeleteI like this, the idea that the exasperation of a speaker who has tried everything is really well done.
ReplyDeletei see the heavens in your bowl of porridge.
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