Tide

atlas tide waves watch

the constellation

all that the room is

the fold

manifoldevery scale kept in one fold

the scale spine

starsthe night sky
beyondnovel wave field
spacethe web that holds the light
galaxythe wave the stars stream through
solarthe system assembled · kept on real time
planetsworlds condense from kept dust
earthstrata · seismograph · root
atmospherethe air column, weighed in colour
mountainthe peak above the fog
coastthe beach · land meets sea
birdsa murmuration
dropa cosmos in glass
tissuewhen one becomes many
cellsthe plasm keeps its own tide
organellesthe organs before the body
dnathe ladder that copies
organicswhat carbon does when it has time
moleculeswhat the bond holds, the solvent carries
atomsprobability breathes around a bright nucleus
nucleonsthe valley makes the elements
quarksnothing here can be alone
quantamass buys only a moment
plankthe floor of the world · where space is woven

laws

overlookthe whole tree kept in one glance
relativitylight keeps its own covenant
eigensurviving freedom after a constraint
groupa move that leaves the figure itself
loomone structure, every sense
timebend a clock
cabinetthe case · every route as a lit gem
compasseight concerns · drag the points

lenses & instruments

signalmusic is also waves
lightcolor music
music-colornotes into color
timbreone surface, every instrument
instrumentevery finger a voice

reading

archivethe drawers
kepta private trail
colophonwhat kept this
guidehow to hold it

tide / lunar gravityTide

drag moon & sun · tap earth

instrument controlsorbit & alignment

tide held

what burns also keeps watch.

field watch

flowheld

pressurelow

bloomdormant

ambientsoft

vetoinactive

valuememory

ridgeheld

undertowfaint