.
Particulate matter
sucked within the event horizon
dragging space and time
into the ergosphere
whole galaxies never to be seen again
after one sardonic Ray Milland grin
The universe is not a friendly place
to grow up in
Just another pretty face
but behind that blank
and vapid mask
a supercilious nonchalance
with just a faint
undercurrent of malice
A safecracker hiding his
whiskey bottles in the chandelier
Something disturbing
yet horribly true about
his mixture of extreme
irritation and disbelief
with almost gentlemanly disgust
Cosmic dust and gas
spiralling into a black hole
at the center of a galaxy
dragging space and time
into the ergosphere
whole galaxies never to be seen again
after one sardonic Ray Milland grin
The universe is not a friendly place
to grow up in
Just another pretty face
but behind that blank
and vapid mask
a supercilious nonchalance
with just a faint
undercurrent of malice
A safecracker hiding his
whiskey bottles in the chandelier
Something disturbing
yet horribly true about
his mixture of extreme
irritation and disbelief
with almost gentlemanly disgust
Cosmic dust and gas
spiralling into a black hole
at the center of a galaxy
Something about reality
Ray Milland couldn't stand
Animated simulation of gravitational lensing caused by a black hole: image by Falcorian, 2006
Ray Milland, from the film A Life of Her Own (1950): screenshots by Thirdship, 2008
this is brilliant Tom.
ReplyDeletevery cool.
Thank you Lanny, always a pleasure to go for a spin within the event horizon with you...
ReplyDeleteMilland could see through that mask with his x-ray eyes.
ReplyDeleteDavid,
ReplyDeleteA little known fact about Ray is that he bore upon his right bicep a skull tattoo with a snake curled around the top, its tail emerging from the eye sockets--all the better for x-raying perhaps.