STAND

red and blue lasers
ping and shimmer
through disorderly glass
electrons liberated
to propagate

filigree harps and scapulas
flicker and weave
caustic junctions
holographing the pub ceiling
with elementary catastrophes
a triangulate cobweb spider
invited to run
Blackpool Illuminations

omega thigh legwork
spin and momenta
the slow rotation
of available observables
hardwork handstands
imported to mathematical software
determinations of inverted acrobat
aloft on a column of arm

motion recognizer
deciding to freeze
after bleeped out
glitch thud glut beat
electronica replaced
trad big top music
clowns hidden deep
inside resolutely closed
square brackets

then Isadora volatility
flings her equations
across the screen
contemporary dance calculus
perhaps for giraffes
the only non-swimming mammals
bouncing voronoi across the pool
when Isadora not adorée

bitter pint enlightenments
wine glass caustics
recalling the days
when catastrophe theory
caught the limelight
striving now
for that all-too-brief
moment of recognition
in attosecond science.