EYEING MARS
Has eye seen the last threshold of life
shirking from a glance at the void beyond?
The void a throwback to the valley of chaos
before the Big Bang?
Or the smell of life born out of it spreading
Into an aroma of beauty that still
beams light into awe-struck eyes?
Myriad vistas of sculptural motifs—
Palace of Versailles, the gardens of Babylon,
the Qutab Minar, pyramidal symmetry,
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