Up Close

. if you look too close, you will find that nothing is there .

up close

you can never really see yourself

in the nuance it takes to live

by the second

frame by frame

microscopic

breathing in every instance

in the flesh. . .

    we never do miss a beat now, do we?

with super computer brains

processing singular moments

over and over and over again

   but  different by the second

normalized

in concert with others

    variable upon variable

stranger upon stranger

over and over again

different, but only always just barely

in the moment, just before the next one

you can never really see yourself

up close

Author's Note

Reviews

[Beccy]

A lot of folk imagine Scotland is all about harsh accents, Haggis and Kilts and Rob Roy running amuck; but Scots do have have a gentler more intellectual side, as A.A. Milne so ably proves.

Beccy.

[Davidgeo]

Don't forget about one of the most important philosophers of modern human thought... good old David Hume. Most people where I'm from think Mel Gibson accurately depicted William Wallace and will refuse to believe otherwise unless it's in a movie or in 90 second youtube video. America! F**k you.

[Beccy]

Robert Burns sprung to mind as I read this.

Beccy.

[Davidgeo]

I'm actually kind of a fan of his. Scotland doesn't get enough intellectual respect.

[KWP]

Yes nice one. It's all an interpretation yes? We catch only a glimmer of the now - but even that's an. Untruth .

[Davidgeo]

A collection of images processed by a flesh based computer. That's all it is man.

[KWP]

Can I at least change the software ?

[Davidgeo]

What, do you think you're Johhny Mnemonic now? Neo is in jail for crack smoking and being an unregistered sex offender... You must use windows 98.

[KWP]

OH s**t no - I use a Mac ...

[Davidgeo]

I will leave the interface instructions on laser disc, and will mail it to you... just like it was 1992.

[KWP]

You are too good to me :) '92 was a great year for me :D

[Jackie]

I suppose not. And most certainly a fascinating thought.:-)

[Davidgeo]

Are you a fan of Kurt Vonnegut by any chance?

[Davidgeo]

(or Werner Heisenberg?)

[Jackie]

Not familiar. Why, is this him?

[Davidgeo]

Not specifically. How about bobby darin?

[Jackie]

Nope. Not a clue

[Davidgeo]

I like to post videos on my profile page. It adds subtext where I am too lazy to elaborate. How do you feel about Anne-Sophia Mutter?

[Jackie]

Ill have to look into these to be quite honest. Havemt really heard of any to be truthful

[Jackie]

I just caught the video. Didnt see that earlier. Was that a mortar in the vid?

[Davidgeo]

Look closer when you can.

[Jackie]

Looks like it was shot from someones hotel. Look like also destroyed or pulled holes and rhe structures as well

[Davidgeo]

It was shot from a condo high rise in Syria circa 2004 or 5ish. But I wasn't talking about that one. I was talking about the ones on my profile. My bad for the confusion... I hate Mondays, they are my most inarticulate day.