17.12.23

THE PERFECT LENS

 by shaun lawton 


Spied through a crystal ball 

crafted in mid-suspension.

Perfect as the concept 
in a cryogenic vat slung in low-gravity within
a perpendicular wave-tank in which crystal 
spheres are crafted on the far side of the Sun.

Torched under heat of waldos
in laboratories connected by concentric rings.

Spun to gyroscopic and pinned
against the perihelion of a heavy G-contrast.

The computer executes the mold
from the colloid at the centrifuge.

Remote controlled from here on Earth 
at the instant of gravitational balance.

A more optimal form not possible. 

The digital midwife delivers the contacts
in just under thirty-six weeks.

No limit to their focus 
Calibrated from a star.

13.12.23

SHIFTSHAPERS

 by shaun lawton 


We're shattered into the universe
& I'll tell you how, once long ago
during a brief spell while
the tide pulled away, the under-
lying secret to the beauty of life
and the world was revealed to us,
somewhat terrible in its stark
essence, yet beloved in a sort
of arresting heart-attack which
begins with that moment of
love at first sight. 
   Our world remains because 
of a series of wild digressions,
not to mention our continued
survival.  It's how we
translate the term 'survival'
that feeds back into and affects
our perpetual existence. 
   When we learn how the body
remains a temporary vehicle
for the one soul that exists,
a shift occurs in our program-
ming that helps us adjust
to adapting.



SL
Nov 17, '23
SLC