Neptune Had To Be A Star And Pluto

This abstract poem has many interesting and diverse concepts throughout the entire piece. The main concept the poem is presenting is that almost everything is partially right, and that there are several ways everything can be interpreted. The poem begins with seven olives being arranged on a tabletop by Galileo. The poem continues, “Seven, because Neptune had to be a star, /and Pluto was nothing more than a speck / in the imagination.” (lines 4-6) which was later proven wrong. Galileo also believed that sun was the center of the universe; both of these beliefs he had were partially right. The poem also considers he idea of the Vedic myth and the idea that humans are made of the same dust as stars. If these ideas and myths were proven to be partially true, then they would also be partially wrong like Galileo. …show more content…
C. Dale Young wrote, “…what did / any of us know about truth? We are poets and writers / who have devoted ourselves to fictions, to myth, to lies.” (lines 24-26). Once the author begins to question the truth, then everything becomes potential to be partially right. Young also writes: And what of this / poor student of physics, this even poorer student / of biochemistry? This student discovers years later / that in each and every one of us, there are seven grams / of silica, seven grams of dust that came from the stars.
This shows the possibility of change in the science field, and more evidence that most things are only partially right.
The poem also makes a point on how almost everything resembles a poem by saying: There is, after all, poetry