Ihr
The Lake
and here we gather
encircling the sea
to breach a face beneath the surface
is to see others who do the same
it is only actions here, others
measured against each other
composing a symphony
…
The Surface
again as I pushed from the sea floor
neck stretched towards the surface
for a breath of air
when my head is above
my hair weighted with waves
submerging the skull backwards again
to reach with hands does not matter
**
to live is to swim
and therefore drown
without resistance or aversion to pain
no matter how ancient it echoes
a whisper will return to me
now fingers folded together
to feel the ripples of time
(We are in Decon)
Shrieking jets of steam
A constant fog of vapor
Every surface is metal
The floor drains in an array of spirals
Translucent solvent
Ribbons of post op blood
<Someone is addressing the group that observes me behind the double sealed vacuum layered heat treated high resolution unidirectional display glass.
The group has reached some kind of consensus and the auto shutter is reactivated, a soft series of thumps can be felt even through my face shield as the window pulses black, then silver, then mirrored>
(We are in the Stacks)
Rustle of millennium robes
A glare of a seamless pure light sky
Every surface is polished
The porting rivets are tungsten carbide
Self sterilizing
Disappearing shadows of bare feet
<Somewhere between upload archival and the irradiated hydrodisks there is a semi-conscious repository on the evolution of organism centric symbology and realm containment, it has a chat interface, legacy of the era of feeling machines>
(We are in the Geometra)
A shadow of higher order objects
Cast as flickering iridescent architectures
From earth to sky
All sound
All temperature
No distance
A Parathion has breached conduit
His final act to extend his hand
A flake, curl, split, and refracting gesture
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