a cabriole over the lattice structure,
no rest, à la seconde—we turn and pirouette
I am ballerinas,
we move without metronome
trapped inside a crystal of time
infinite choreography
one left, the other right
a dark sequential arabesque, adagio—
allongé, arrière, we tap our heels
optical motion without energy
to shatter such time symmetry,
I choreograph non equillibrium—
so chassé, you then me—pulse and flip,
to the thud of our own drum
I am dancers shoved
into the spotlight of a sequential stage,
infinite repeated motion
we twirl along a chain of ytterbium
Apr 17
Apr 17, 2026 at 4:56 PM UTC
a cabriole over the lattice structure,
no rest, à la seconde—we turn and pirouette
I am ballerinas,
we move without metronome
trapped inside a crystal of time
infinite choreography
one left, the other right
a dark sequential arabesque, adagio—
allongé, arrière, we tap our heels
optical motion without energy
to shatter such time symmetry,
I choreograph non equillibrium—
so chassé, you then me—pulse and flip,
to the thud of our own drum
I am dancers shoved
into the spotlight of a sequential stage,
infinite repeated motion
we twirl along a chain of ytterbium
this was in the drafts for a loooooooooong time
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_crystal
"A one-dimensional chain of ytterbium ions was turned into a time crystal by physicists at the University of Maryland, based on a blueprint provided by UC Berkeley’s Norman Yao. Each ion behaves like an electron spin and exhibits long-range interactions indicated as arrows. "
https://news.berkeley.edu/2017/01/26/scientists-unveil-new-form-of-matter-time-crystals/
