From dc5968ed003c08743d0f37ea81caa9a42a286434 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Case Duckworth Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2015 10:53:56 -0700 Subject: Add Stark Raving to src/ --- src/initial-conditions.txt | 65 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 65 insertions(+) create mode 100644 src/initial-conditions.txt (limited to 'src/initial-conditions.txt') diff --git a/src/initial-conditions.txt b/src/initial-conditions.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..786c37c --- /dev/null +++ b/src/initial-conditions.txt @@ -0,0 +1,65 @@ +--- +title: 1. Initial conditions +genre: verse + +project: + title: Stark Raving + css: stark + order: 11 + next: + - title: 3. Love as God + link: love-as-god + - title: 2. Ouroboros of memory + link: ouroboros_memory + prev: + - title: I think it's you (but it's not) + link: i-think-its-you + - title: Last Bastion + link: last-bastion +... + +There is a theory which states the Universe \ +if it began with the same initial conditions \ +( same gravity same strong weak nuclear force same \ +size and shape ) would unfold in exactly \ +the way it has : with the same planets orbiting suns \ +same people making same mistakes : like this morning + +( It's actually past two but I will call it morning ) \ +while turning on the shower : I as the Universe \ +intended ( although I was expecting the heat of suns ) \ +had the ice of inner space : those pre existing conditions \ +before the Big Bang : the shower was almost exactly \ +freezing for a split second : every day it's the same : + +I turn on the tap hop in pull the knob have the same \ +moment of utter panic then pain then a relaxing morning \ +shower where I spend between five to ten ( I'm not sure exactly ) \ +minutes : I have good thoughts : this poem about the Universe \ +for example : I had the idea while I was conditioning \ +my hair : it came to me like accidentally looking at the sun : + +the pain and the wonder that something as large as suns \ +could appear so small and yet so hot all at the same \ +time : so hot in the summer we require air conditioning \ +( although now in the winter it's cold in the morning ) \ +and I can't wait to hop in the shower that tiny universe \ +of water and steam and soap and body : that and only that exactly + +or rather exclusively ( it's hard to get the words exactly \ +right : the meanings bleed into each other like the sun's \ +shadows on pavement ) ready for me to dream another universe \ +into it on top of it again and again until they all look the same : \ +I can't tell whether it's my morning or the shower's morning \ +or where I put the conditioner or what the initial conditions + +could have been that decided I would misplace my conditioner \ +today : and why and how much planning was involved exactly \ +that would cause so far down the production line of this morning \ +\: me to wake up so long after the rising of the sun \ +\: me to stay inside all day even after showering to look at the same \ +computer screen : to give up the actual universe to the universe + +in there with its conditions : where the screen serves as sickly sun : \ +where there is apparently exactly what I need : no more : the same \ +three sites I visited this morning comprising my entire Universe -- cgit 1.4.1-21-gabe81