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steve* and randall* went coasting |
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experimenting before doing any toasting |
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affixed to the bored, the physicists were glued |
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sitting in back, wolde* and al* were screwed
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the castle went quiet after drawing its bridge |
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the king was coasting, but just a smidge |
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the bishop was horse from jumping upon |
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galileo, his theory, his sun
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pieces in place, not frozen in time |
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ride a wild ride, then stop on a dime |
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while randall and steve had kept their place |
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al and wolde had both been displaced
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this notion that motion had altered the board |
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was noted by neither, just simply ignored |
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wolde and al said it was a loss of their time |
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their eyes were still dilating as they quoted a mime
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no need to say checkmate, no piece ever moved |
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no king was de-flocked, left standing out nude |
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al and his pal left the park with amusement |
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while randall and steve both knew what confused meant
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these carnies were not croonies |
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just sleigth-of-hand phonies |
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like identical twins |
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is where their shifty error begins
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a century comes, a century goes |
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an error accepted and nobody knows |
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the math at their source is wrong at the start |
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given coordinates stay fixed when origins pull apart
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* steve waterman * randall munroe * woldemar voigt * albert einstein
