This poem is actually based on an apocryphal story that merges Einstien's break though in the formulation of the Special Theory of Relativity with the mathematician, Poincare', who intuitively grasped the solution to a problem in the manner described above. Einstein's insight came while riding a street car and seeing the Bern clock tower as several buses entered the station.
However, the image of discovery was so powerful that I took Napoleon's advice while writing a slanted view of his military campaigns: "Ah, but it Should have happened that way!"

Hello Larry,

this made me smile. If I had a 'tache it would have twitched.

I am glad you explained this poem, however, most work that is symbolic allows the reader to project their own interpretation.

I like the way you aptly distort the speed vs time effect, allowing this reader to become displaced within matter, in the moment where the light bulb ignites.

Nominated in the here and now, or is that in the here, there and everywhere?

Take care,

Michael