What is one second?
9192631770 periods of the radiation
Corresponding to the transition between
The two hyperfine levels of the ground state
Of the of the Caesium 133 atom
Another day
Another day
Another day
Another day
The bridges do not tremble
There are flowers on the pavements
Starlings are living in the streetlights
I notice where the light falls
It dances on my skin
As my eyes open
To another day
Then another day
Then another day
9192631770 periods of the radiation
Corresponding to the transition between
The two hyperfine levels of the ground state
Of the of the Caesium 133 atom
The bridges do not tremble
There are flowers on the pavements
The starlings in the streetlights
Have eaten through the wires
The night-time air is dense
It makes me want to touch you
Another day's dissolving
Another day
Then another day
Then another day
Then another day
Another day
The bridges do not tremble
The vines creep up the pavements
The starlings in the streetlights
Sing louder than the sirens
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