Drafted sometime October 2024, posted February 3, 2025
in evening the houses gather
like a flock of books with gilded pages
overturned to mark their places
and hold their secrets closer to the earth
“cercare e saper riconoscere chi e cosa, in mezzo all'inferno, non è inferno, e farlo durare, e dargli spazio.” Italo Calvino, Le CiTTà INVISIBILi (1972)
“Logic is the Beginning of Wisdom, […] Not the End.” Spock, STAR TREK vi: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
Drafted sometime October 2024, posted February 3, 2025
in evening the houses gather
like a flock of books with gilded pages
overturned to mark their places
and hold their secrets closer to the earth