Flâneurs
(from
Physics)
Certain sections of the arcade
closed off, so idlers gravitate toward
a display of catafalques, the need
for which keeps growing. Life is largely
formed by individual
organisms that interact with
their environments…Through
that clear,
arched ceiling, sun’s a dim beacon, but still
gratis…and embody mechanisms
that keep themselves away from
thermal equilibrium using
available free energy. Commerce’s
sinuous lanes merge into this path
between rows of shops.
Crystals, votive
candles, uniforms, jars, ottomans,
masks. Long,
narrow asylum
hothouse:
everything opens, closes,
emerges -- hypnagogic,
blurred -- thrives, settles
to zero.
Singular galaxy
of the dead.
Singular
universe of the unborn.
Singular. We
are undoubtedly
limited parts of nature, and we
are so even as
understanders of this same nature.
—Joel Chace
