My Grandfather Was A Quantum Physicist

My Grandfather Was A Quantum Physicist

 I can see him now

 smiling

 in full dance costume

 with other men

 in front of the roundhouse

 on a sunny afternoon.

 Scientists have finally discovered

 that the intimate details

 of our lives

 are influenced by things

 beyond the stars

 and beyond time. 

 My grandfather knew this. 

 --Duane BigEagle

 

Born in 1946, Duane Big Eagle is an Osage from Osage County, Oklahoma. He lived many years in Pentaluma, California, where he was involved for decades in the California Poets in the Schools program. He is a poet, painter and traditional dancer.  This poem was published in the early 1980s.