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  "path": "/poetry-for-engineers-blackberries",
  "publishedAt": "2026-02-22T13:00:02.000Z",
  "site": "https://spectrum.ieee.org",
  "tags": [
    "Type-departments",
    "Poetry",
    "Verse-becomes-electric",
    "Measurement"
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  "textContent": "\n\n\n\nThe first time she tried to seduce me,\n(atoms falling in a vacuum)\nshe asked about blackberries—\n(every mass exerts some gravity)\n\nDid I know their season, where they grow?\n(galvanometers, gravimeters)\nI could answer both easily—\n(tools to measure small attractions)\n\ndown the dirt road in September.\n(devices that report, don’t interfere)\nShe eagerly went there with me,\n(variations in readings occur)\n\nWe ate more berries than we kept.\n(electron exchange may explain this)\nThe sweet dark juice painted our lips.\n(equilibrium then entropy)",
  "title": "Poem: The Attraction of Blackberries"
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