At the edge
of our field of vision
galaxies recede
at the speed of light.
This is the furthest
we can see.
Our longest view.
At the tip
of our manipulations
we arrange molecules
across a distance of a few atoms.
It is the least
we can do.
Our softest touch.
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This is a juxtaposition of two allusions: one to the Hubble Deep Field and the other to A Boy and his Atom. The ideogram is in fact nicely explicated by this film from IBM about the making of the latter.
