Reflections on a Presentation by John Mather: Nobel Prize Winner in Physics

I signed out my name
To the man on the stage,
But then he just stared
At my well parted hair.

He said things like this:
Space is like soda...

It rises and falls
In forms, to us, unknown:
Majestic in depth
Transparent -- but untamed.

It stretches itself
In time -- no matter what.
It vibrates in tune,
And waxes beautiful.