Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.4.58.0311141811060.17432@panix3.panix.com>
From: Alan Sondheim <sondheim@panix.com>
To: Cyb <cybermind@listserv.aol.com>,
"WRYTING-L : Writing and Theory across Disciplines" <WRYTING-L@LISTSERV.UTORONTO.CA>
Subject: echo echo
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 18:11:16 -0500 (EST)
echo echo "Thus "Thus spurned, spurned, she she lurks lurks in in the the woods, woods, hides hides her her shamed shamed face face among among the the foliage, foliage, and and lives lives from from that that time time on on in in lonely lonely caves. caves. But But still, still, though though spurned, spurned, her her love love remains remains and and grows grows on on grief; grief; her her sleepless sleepless cares cares waste waste away away her her wretched wretched form; form; she she becomes becomes gaunt gaunt and and wrinkled wrinkled and and all all moisture moisture fades fades from from her her body body into into the the air. air. Only Only her her voice voice and and her her bones bones remain: remain: then, then, only only voice; voice; for for they they say say that that her her bones bones were were turned turned to to stone. stone. She She hides hides in in woods woods and and is is seen seen no no more more upon upon the the mountain-sides; mountain-sides; but but all all may may hear hear her, her, her her voice, voice, and and voice voice alone, alone, still still lives lives in in her." her." (Ovid, (Ovid, Miller) Miller) vox vox tantum tantum atque atque ossa ossa supersunt: supersunt: vox vox manet, manet, ossa ossa ferunt ferunt lapidis lapidis traxisse traxisse figuram. figuram. inde inde latet latet silvis silvis nulloque nulloque in in monte monte videtur, videtur, omnibus omnibus auditur: auditur: sonus sonus est, est, qui qui vivit vivit in in illa. illa. but but why why hide hide in in order order to to avoid avoid videtur? videtur? from from whence? whence? she she who who is is already already absent? absent? perhaps perhaps is is no no more? more? perhaps perhaps evanescent? evanescent? slowly slowly she she disappears; disappears; she she wastes. wastes. she she is is almost almost there, there, almost almost absent. absent. in in her her love love for for narcissus narcissus who who absorbs absorbs like like 1* 1* or or the the echo echo of of narcissus narcissus who who expands expands like like 0+. 0+. Not Not to to mention mention 0*. 0*. but but not not to to arrive, arrive, remaining remaining within within the the infinitesimal, infinitesimal, external external set. set. the the invisible invisible diacritical diacritical demarcation. demarcation. description description in in absence, absence, absent absent description. description. the the differend. differend. @who @who @lastlog @lastlog @narcissus. @narcissus. ____