...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
