Round, wavewashed rocks
strewn upon a beach of sand
Becoming strong, granite cliffs
rising above an ever rolling sea
of tall grass, borne on wide-open prairie
drawing towards itself eagles of all kinds
and ocean-bound egrets, their bellies
filled, with fish
the windborne silts of distant lands,
finding refuge in the crags
filling in the years, of ancient definition
and throughout aeons, of forming
and unforming within the wild
brutal winds: grinding, pulverizing
granite, back down to pebble
majestic prairie, back in to sand..
and then, back down into
windblown silt
now circling around the feet of a child,
(one that pokes at dead things with a stick)
But within the silt, are the pebbles
and so, down on her knees she forms
a pile with her hands.. an ancient burial mound,
stands up, and with a clap of her
little hands, wipes a millenia of dust away
stick, tucked under arm-- she walks away:
as silt-covered pebble, become once again
Round, wavewashed rocks
strewn upon a beach of sand
Becoming strong, granite cliffs
rising above an ever rolling sea
of tall grass, borne on wide-open prairie
Drawing towards itself eagles of all kinds
and ocean-bound egrets, their bellies
filled, with fish
(the wind borne silts of distant lands,
finding refuge in the crags
filling in the years, of ancient definition....)
'Dither is an intentionally applied form of noise used to randomize quantization error, preventing large-scale patterns such as color banding in images. Dither is routinely used in processing of both digital audio and video data, and is often one of the last stages of mastering audio to a CD.'
become an airborne offset, my beautiful--
step off the edge and fly
https://youtu.be/gGiCtQSwGPQ
Love, Paul xox