The codes

For George Gamow (March 4, 1904 – August 19, 1968)

his cells compress the codes

in dialects (transcribe, translate)

the bottled gestures surge

to imprint a soul

his offspring runs

cartels, the character

baroque

his tether of gold

birth

an outlook, exertion

physics, jewel

his love

that longs for weights

conveyance

lakes

the tarns express his weeping codes

outcurved progression codes

a boy’s condition.

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