next big thing
movers & shakers
taking on many forms
social influencers
political scientists
wayfarers or seafarers
down to earth adventurers
some work in labs
deep underground
or outside earth’s atmosphere
dealing with explosive things
things that go boom
morning
noon
or night
things moving
& shaking
like a jitterbug on the dancefloor
without them where else
would we be
—sitting around the fire
on a cloudless night
taking bets on
which stars are likely next
to fall from the sky
january two thousand twenty-five
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