everything has always existed
and before it God knew us she says
can you imagine
you and i always
enough for God and love and the fusion that powers every 
subatomic sequence and also high magnitude stars 

things don’t exist because of us
we exist in loving the things of this world
God and angelic creatures
wolverines working with great speed above the tree line 
and suicides guardians of the soul o wounds of God 
atomic asterisms and the womb empty whole 

not beheld being born 
but loved 

                                                                 ii.11 
                                                                 — for Vaclav Havel 

Shann Ray | Atomic Theory 432
Contents | Mudlark No. 64 (2018)