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1 | |||
2 | how | ||
3 | astonishing | ||
4 | it | ||
5 | is | ||
6 | that | ||
7 | language | ||
8 | can | ||
9 | almost | ||
10 | mean | ||
11 | / | ||
12 | and | ||
13 | frightening | ||
14 | that | ||
15 | it | ||
16 | does | ||
17 | not | ||
18 | quite | ||
19 | jack | ||
20 | gilbert | ||
21 | opens | ||
22 | his | ||
23 | poem | ||
24 | the | ||
25 | forgotten | ||
26 | dialect | ||
27 | of | ||
28 | the | ||
29 | heart | ||
30 | in | ||
31 | a | ||
32 | similar | ||
33 | vein | ||
34 | hass's | ||
35 | meditation | ||
36 | at | ||
37 | legunitas | ||
38 | states | ||
39 | a | ||
40 | word | ||
41 | is | ||
42 | elegy | ||
43 | to | ||
44 | what | ||
45 | it | ||
46 | signifies | ||
47 | these | ||
48 | poems | ||
49 | get | ||
50 | to | ||
51 | the | ||
52 | heart | ||
53 | of | ||
54 | language | ||
55 | and | ||
56 | express | ||
57 | the | ||
58 | old | ||
59 | duality | ||
60 | of | ||
61 | thought | ||
62 | by | ||
63 | giving | ||
64 | a | ||
65 | word | ||
66 | to | ||
67 | an | ||
68 | entity | ||
69 | it | ||
70 | is | ||
71 | both | ||
72 | tethered | ||
73 | and | ||
74 | made | ||
75 | meaningful | ||
76 | words | ||
77 | are | ||
78 | the | ||
79 | inevitable | ||
80 | byproduct | ||
81 | of | ||
82 | an | ||
83 | analytic | ||
84 | mind | ||
85 | humans | ||
86 | are | ||
87 | constantly | ||
88 | classifying | ||
89 | and | ||
90 | reclassifying | ||
91 | ideas | ||
92 | objects | ||
93 | animals | ||
94 | people | ||
95 | into | ||
96 | ten | ||
97 | thousand | ||
98 | arbitrary | ||
99 | categories | ||
100 | a | ||
101 | favorite | ||
102 | saying | ||
103 | of | ||
104 | mine | ||
105 | is | ||
106 | that | ||
107 | everything | ||
108 | is | ||
109 | everything | ||
110 | a | ||
111 | tautology | ||
112 | that | ||
113 | i | ||
114 | like | ||
115 | because | ||
116 | it | ||
117 | gets | ||
118 | to | ||
119 | the | ||
120 | core | ||
121 | of | ||
122 | the | ||
123 | human | ||
124 | linguistic | ||
125 | machine | ||
126 | and | ||
127 | because | ||
128 | every | ||
129 | time | ||
130 | i | ||
131 | say | ||
132 | it | ||
133 | people | ||
134 | think | ||
135 | i'm | ||
136 | being | ||
137 | disingenuous | ||
138 | but | ||
139 | what | ||
140 | i | ||
141 | mean | ||
142 | by | ||
143 | everything | ||
144 | is | ||
145 | everything | ||
146 | is | ||
147 | that | ||
148 | there | ||
149 | is | ||
150 | a | ||
151 | continuity | ||
152 | to | ||
153 | existence | ||
154 | that | ||
155 | works | ||
156 | beyond | ||
157 | or | ||
158 | rather | ||
159 | underneath | ||
160 | our | ||
161 | capacity | ||
162 | to | ||
163 | understand | ||
164 | it | ||
165 | through | ||
166 | language | ||
167 | language | ||
168 | by | ||
169 | definition | ||
170 | compartmentalizes | ||
171 | reality | ||
172 | sets | ||
173 | this | ||
174 | bit | ||
175 | apart | ||
176 | from | ||
177 | that | ||
178 | bit | ||
179 | sets | ||
180 | up | ||
181 | boundaries | ||
182 | as | ||
183 | to | ||
184 | what | ||
185 | is | ||
186 | and | ||
187 | is | ||
188 | not | ||
189 | a | ||
190 | stone | ||
191 | a | ||
192 | leaf | ||
193 | a | ||
194 | door | ||
195 | most | ||
196 | of | ||
197 | the | ||
198 | time | ||
199 | i | ||
200 | think | ||
201 | of | ||
202 | language | ||
203 | as | ||
204 | limiting | ||
205 | as | ||
206 | defining | ||
207 | a | ||
208 | thing | ||
209 | as | ||
210 | the | ||
211 | inverse | ||
212 | of | ||
213 | everything | ||
214 | is | ||
215 | not | ||
216 | in | ||
217 | this | ||
218 | way | ||
219 | everything | ||
220 | is | ||
221 | everything | ||
222 | becomes | ||
223 | everything | ||
224 | is | ||
225 | nothing | ||
226 | which | ||
227 | is | ||
228 | another | ||
229 | thing | ||
230 | i | ||
231 | like | ||
232 | to | ||
233 | say | ||
234 | and | ||
235 | something | ||
236 | that | ||
237 | pisses | ||
238 | people | ||
239 | off | ||
240 | to | ||
241 | me | ||
242 | infinity | ||
243 | and | ||
244 | zero | ||
245 | are | ||
246 | the | ||
247 | same | ||
248 | two | ||
249 | ways | ||
250 | of | ||
251 | looking | ||
252 | at | ||
253 | the | ||
254 | same | ||
255 | point | ||
256 | on | ||
257 | the | ||
258 | circle | ||
259 | of | ||
260 | numbers | ||
261 | of | ||
262 | the | ||
263 | universe | ||
264 | whatever | ||
265 | maybe | ||
266 | it's | ||
267 | because | ||
268 | i | ||
269 | wear | ||
270 | an | ||
271 | analogue | ||
272 | watch | ||
273 | and | ||
274 | so | ||
275 | my | ||
276 | view | ||
277 | of | ||
278 | time | ||
279 | is | ||
280 | cyclical | ||
281 | or | ||
282 | maybe | ||
283 | it's | ||
284 | some | ||
285 | brain | ||
286 | trauma | ||
287 | i | ||
288 | had | ||
289 | in | ||
290 | vitro | ||
291 | but | ||
292 | whatever | ||
293 | it | ||
294 | is | ||
295 | that's | ||
296 | how | ||
297 | i | ||
298 | see | ||
299 | the | ||
300 | world | ||
301 | because | ||
302 | i'm | ||
303 | working | ||
304 | against | ||
305 | the | ||
306 | limitations | ||
307 | that | ||
308 | language | ||
309 | sets | ||
310 | upon | ||
311 | us | ||
312 | i | ||
313 | think | ||
314 | that's | ||
315 | the | ||
316 | role | ||
317 | of | ||
318 | the | ||
319 | poet | ||
320 | or | ||
321 | of | ||
322 | any | ||
323 | artist | ||
324 | to | ||
325 | take | ||
326 | the | ||
327 | over-expansive | ||
328 | experience | ||
329 | of | ||
330 | existing | ||
331 | and | ||
332 | to | ||
333 | boil | ||
334 | it | ||
335 | down | ||
336 | boil | ||
337 | and | ||
338 | boil | ||
339 | away | ||
340 | until | ||
341 | there | ||
342 | is | ||
343 | the | ||
344 | ultimate | ||
345 | concentrate | ||
346 | at | ||
347 | the | ||
348 | center | ||
349 | that | ||
350 | is | ||
351 | what | ||
352 | the | ||
353 | poem | ||
354 | talks | ||
355 | around | ||
356 | at | ||
357 | etc | ||
358 | but | ||
359 | never | ||
360 | of | ||
361 | because | ||
362 | it | ||
363 | is | ||
364 | ultimately | ||
365 | made | ||
366 | of | ||
367 | language | ||
368 | and | ||
369 | cannot | ||
370 | get | ||
371 | to | ||
372 | it | ||
373 | a | ||
374 | poem | ||
375 | is | ||
376 | getting | ||
377 | as | ||
378 | close | ||
379 | as | ||
380 | possible | ||
381 | to | ||
382 | the | ||
383 | speed | ||
384 | of | ||
385 | light | ||
386 | to | ||
387 | absolute | ||
388 | zero | ||
389 | to | ||
390 | god | ||
391 | while | ||
392 | knowing | ||
393 | that | ||
394 | it | ||
395 | can't | ||
396 | get | ||
397 | all | ||
398 | the | ||
399 | way | ||
400 | there | ||
401 | and | ||
402 | never | ||
403 | will | ||
404 | a | ||
405 | poem | ||
406 | is | ||
407 | doing | ||
408 | this | ||
409 | and | ||
410 | coming | ||
411 | back | ||
412 | and | ||
413 | showing | ||
414 | what | ||
415 | happened | ||
416 | as | ||
417 | it | ||
418 | happened | ||
419 | exegesis | ||
420 | is | ||
421 | hard | ||
422 | because | ||
423 | a | ||
424 | really | ||
425 | good | ||
426 | poem | ||
427 | will | ||
428 | be | ||
429 | just | ||
430 | that | ||
431 | it | ||
432 | will | ||
433 | be | ||
434 | the | ||
435 | most | ||
436 | basic | ||
437 | and | ||
438 | best | ||
439 | way | ||
440 | to | ||
441 | say | ||
442 | what | ||
443 | it's | ||
444 | saying | ||
445 | so | ||
446 | attempts | ||
447 | to | ||
448 | say | ||
449 | the | ||
450 | same | ||
451 | thing | ||
452 | differently | ||
453 | will | ||
454 | fail | ||
455 | a | ||
456 | poem | ||
457 | is | ||
458 | a | ||
459 | kernel | ||
460 | of | ||
461 | existence | ||
462 | it | ||
463 | is | ||
464 | a | ||
465 | description | ||
466 | of | ||
467 | the | ||
468 | kernel | ||
469 | it | ||
470 | is | ||