part five
The
world
may
already be
a
long distant memory
viewed
through
a climatising porthole
above
the
outer remains of atmosphere
where
horizon
has no meaning
except
the
curvature of space.
What
distance
is
there to take
perspective
on,
-besides
imagination-
when
the lights of indicators
measuring
breath and warmth
are
as
significant
as the stars.
Therefore,
dispose
of ambitious greed,
maintain
an inward smile
in
flight beyond gravity
the
weightless body becomes more cumbersome,
unused
to its own momentum,
bruising
more adeptly
without
the confines of dimensions.
what
myths
will
cannonize the invisible web of space?
what
encounters
might
produce plucky heroines, heroes,
samaritans
or saints?
In
older times,
St.
Pirans crews
might
buy the wind down at the Quay
-a
charm to fill their sails
and
ensure good fortune from the spirited sea.