Deliquescent Bodies (Love Parade) I hope for night; it comes; it is here; it comes with rain & river, & the lights are electric. I am offered a drink & the mercury blue neon over the door catches my eye, tears open the retina, imbuing the optic nerve with cold cathode gas, ionising my nervous system to the limit. Breathing carbon dioxide, I metabolize my own body. I am a pillar of ether by the exit door. But I’m not alone. We all matter less than we did before,

Surfaces, Simulacra and Sight Simulacra peel Continually from the body’s Surface, each image Bearing the appearance of the Part it belongs to. A purposeful doubling, perhaps, but Afloat they hang Suspended as if unsure of Existence. Only for a Moment because then rapid they Migrate like birds frightened into flight. If no resistance is met, they enter the Stroma to strike the retina, Stirring sight. From there they Impact the mind, invoking inspiration. Not an engineer’s trav

Without division or interval, the body appears as pure form over content, surface without depth.

The Eye Looks The eye looks The ear waits The hand gropes The heart yearns The body thrashes about the turning wheel, which turns in TIME. Head-Neck-Thorax-Limbs-Abdomen-Reproductiveorgans-Pelvis-Veins- Nervoussystems-Mind-Mentalformations-Volition-Memory-Perceptions- Thoughts-Awareness-Feelings-Desires-Consciousness Breakdown-Dissolve-Expire-Crackunderpressure-Atomise-Losecoherence- Liquify-Scatterlikeseedsonthewind-Thaw-Dissipate-Fadeout on the outgoing breath Is the eye