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A seventy kilo person
is seven billion trillion atoms.
That's all, so they say.
Or is it?
What is an atom?
An atom is a nucleus
surrounded by electrons.
The atom's nucleus is a speck,
one millionth of a billionth
of its volume.
Less than a flea in a cathedral,
or an ant in a stadium,
Atoms are nothing,
they are empty, empty, empty,
we are ...
Monday 15th November 2010 5:42 pm
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