SUBMERGED IN TIME

Our language may be confused,

but we usually are not.

Maria Zielenbach: Back to the Past?

Disentangling Elvish Time and Space

Refer-ence, Mallorn Issue 64, Winter 2023.

1

Rising from lethargy, I clean

cat vomit from the floor, make

coffee, sit before the computer,

put Vietnamese folk music on,

and read how we move through

unchanging events towards

our encounter in Samarra.

2

The cat, having sat on my

lap, can't stand more folk

music from Indochina and

runs away. I sip more coffee

and read on. Midnight

will soon be after us.

3

Time exists separate

from our existence, as events

which necessarily have

to follow each other. We

don't create it. We are

submerged in it, from

our cells to our thoughts.

One moment we appear

in time, on another

moment we disappear.

Even when the black

holes have evaporated

time exists, coupled

with the pure void.

4

The cat has come back

after the music ended,

pushes himself through

time into a plastic bag

filled with old memorabilia.

We are like that, containers

for things gathered up

along the way. And

sometimes someone

comes and enters.

16.03.2024

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