Rafał Zabratyński

We, the Selfie Stick

The universe we live in, on its way from the Big Bang to the Big Chill, opens merely a narrow window in time to cast a biological, self-aware eye upon itself. According to recent estimates, this wink of an eye will last only 0.0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001%
of the universe’s total existence.

camp below the peak
the coldness of the cosmos
on my fingertips

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About the Author

Rafał Zabratyński lives in Rzeszów, Poland. He has been writing haiku and other short Japanese poetic forms since 2000. His works have been published in numerous journals and awarded in a few competitions. He also enjoys reading and watching science fiction, exploring cosmology, mountain trekking, cycling, traveling.