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To think on that great distance
That separates two stars,
      Two cells:
That great nothingness
That separates in infinite multiplicity,
      In countless fractions;
To know that worlds, baryons,
      People
Can never touch—
But no matter how great the distance—
Must interact;
To see the protons hurled into my eyes
By some great force so far away,
      So long ago:
I see, I am influenced
But I shall never know.
Though I may never touch another soul
May my influence be as noble,
      As far-reaching,
      As eternal.

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