The
Body You Rode In On
I see
myself breaking,
I've
that power you know
where
my eyes knit in the middle
of
some fierce memory
and
all over the house
objects
are missing
listen,
how my
heart beats
inside
you
a
million little anecdotes
for
the end of our bliss
borrow
me - bend in,
I know
the floor
it's
my home
away
from home
I
can't keep both eyes
open
anymore
it's
daylight till it's not
and
then lord knows
how
long we'll have to fight
the
numb/inside
peel
us till we pop
I
haven't the right angle of you
yet /
this window open
and
all creatures here
are
blessed
as we
found them
light
/ skin and mercury / we are something beautiful
surrender
our
halos
for
this crown
of
thorns.
Le Poeme de l'Angle Droit (The Poem of the Right Angle -- Charles-Edouard Le Corbusier
Between 1947 and 1953, the architect Le Corbusier made a suite of 19 lithographs and illustrated calligraphic poems that he intended as the most complete statement of his worldview. The lithographs and texts of Le poème de l'angle droit are arranged in seven "zones" lettered A-G, and are assigned a thematic title and a color: A is Environment (green); B is Mind; C is Flesh (brown); D is Fusion (red); E is Character (white); F is Offering (yellow); and G is Instrument (purple). These titles, and their color codings, were in part inspired by his study of alchemy, and each chapter contained a subset of poetical meditations on themes related to alchemical theories of tensions between elements, colors, and genders, and the relationship between spiritual evolution and architecture. A.3 (the accompanying picture) read:
ReplyDeleteThe universe of our eyes rests
upon a plain edged with horizon
Facing the sky
let us consider the inconceivable space
hitherto uncomprehended.
Repose supine sleep
- death
With our backs on the ground...
But I am standing straight!
since you are erect
you are also fit for action.
Erect on the terrestrial plain
of things knowable you
sign a pact of solidarity
with nature: this is the right angle
Vertical facing the sea
there you are on your feet.