Thursday, May 30, 2019

UNSEEN THINGS YET ARE





...quod nequeunt oculis 
rerum primordia cerni
accipe praeterea 
quae corpora tute necessest
confiteare esse in rebus 
nec posse videri

...since the beginnings of things 
do not appear to sight
you must also learn of bodies 
which you, even you,
confess are things, 
but which none can see


Lucretius, De rerum natura I. 268-271



such as manuscript
⍺,
       o-prime:
      the archetype

no one gets to see
the archetype

NO ONE

and yet 

its body
sublimely dispersed
brushes against your
dying  flesh
even now