crisscrossing patterns
of lace, love, and longitude

the time and location
of zero degrees

the lacemakers of Chantilly
stopped making the lace

when the guillotines
got in the way

love now so foreign
there was no more dream

love, longitude
and lace

high-arcing connections
between disparate topics

love, longitude
and lace. We ask

is this about physics
or politics?