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infinity infinity
nitrogenic protein
play
of paths that never
ends.
infinity infinity
blown open for the
peitry
in a pretty assay
display.
infinity infinity
swerving in a helix
for the eye to
navigate.
infinity infinity
just like the time and
space
unfolding with
beautiful grace.
infinity infinity
created from the
dynamic
lingo that my figure
ate.
I
wrote this on a broadsheet prior to 2002, it is now in my 2014 book
Nest.
I was thinking at the
time about chemicals and the shape they reveal about themselves. I
determined that nitrogen can form a figure eight, like an infinity
sign. I was also wondering about food and animal care in the farm
environment. Fourteen years ago I became a vegan and have been so
happy about the decision since. I also think about nitrogen's
ability to help us heal, and often when I see something broken, or in
need of mending, I suggest a “nitrogen net” to hold together a
cast limb or tear. Veganism is healing, too, in that removing the
burden of breeding children and what those ingested hormones do to change the
way the body knows itself.
