It is Day 779 of the Daily Poems. Yesterday 20 January 2025 was a momentous day: the inauguration of D Trump as US president portends an uncertain future for us all.
The uncertainty principle
I have always felt a degree
of uncertainty about Schrödinger’s
cat and the validity of his
thought experiment
but I can’t be sure
and that When did you last see
your father? question
I’m not sure, Sir, and
I think he may have been dead
but I can’t be sure
that it was indeed him
or if he was dead at the time
if it was him, he looked
as if he might have been dead
but I can’t be sure
Life’s a bit of a puzzle
wouldn’t you say?
Werner Heisenberg thought so
or at least I think he did
but I can’t be sure
Peter Ualrig Kennedy