Totem Poem

So, today was the semi-annual book purge chez Feemus. My intention was to keep all my "totem" books (see previous post), with the stipulation that I would actually read them.

There is an exception.

I have had A Brief History of Time on my shelf for about a decade and a half and I don't think I've ever even OPENED it. That book just ain't gettin' read.

It is in the pile headed for McIntyre and Moore, puveyors (and purchasers) of used books.

In honor of this fallen totem, I offer the following text-stat elegy (I still can't find a good name for this genre--any suggestions accepted gratefully).

small black body...
bang!
energy expanding.
matter expanding.
another small space,
black hole:
gravity must matter.