FAST TO GO SLOW
Ode #7 - Transcribed Poetic Dictation, Fast Ode
[I have been in my quiet now for several days. Why is it that fasting and quietness are such regular companions? Quieting the appetites. I find myself thinking about ~the appetites~ quite a bit these days. ad-petere — to go to, to seek out; longing; desire toward. I have similarly grown weary of inward-supremacy. Nothing too much; nothing in excess. Including, even: balance. Out of balance, into balance. An immaculate imbalancing act. It is all carefully crafted, even the excess. Let us look to an outward quietness that does not simultaneously redirect one’s attention in. Let us see where it takes us~ ] Received 8/16/2025 | 8:07-23pm
Companion Missive #7 - PRECIPITOUS PROSPERITUS (6/4/2023)
Listen to the Recitation:
FAST TO GO SLOW
The god of feasting led me instead to fasting
The way in is out
And perhaps the fast is a feast
As fasti forms the calendar
And fastidious makes it
Fastening the belt about the belly
We wonder what's inside
How much of what goes in comes out
From one diligence to another timing out
I sit and roll the edge of another hour
Up to a tightness, for a future release
Nothing goes in and nothing comes out
A table sits empty, the cupboards blank
Another festival comes and goes
Another season marked, for renewal
The gold becomes iridescent
Come iri da iri e 'l terzo
Igualmente si spiri tre giri
The love that moves the three
As to move is to love — the two, one
Reflexive appearances, unwinding difference
The fire fades from focus
A breath of life air — moving about the deep
As the deep is rounded, unfastened
And the fasti unfound, the calendar
A charicature of charactor
Oh, but the turning — the wheel
Does not will itself to move
But seeks outside for what
Will become of itself~
Oh how I love this one! Dante dante dante!