A Quote and a Poetic Fragment

" I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds".- Robert J Oppenheimer, who worked on the Manhattan Project and the Atomic Energy Commission.


Not forever on earth: only a little while here.

Although it be jade, it will be broken.

Although it be gold, it is crushed.

Although it be quetzel feather, it is torn asunder.

Not forever on earth; only a little while here.


The poem above was by the Aztec poet-king Nezahualcoyotl, quoted by Robert H Gore in his book "The Gulf of Mexico".