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ysabetwordsmith

Poem: "0 to 1"

Mar 09, 2013 20:28

This poem is from the March 5, 2013 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by prompts from meeksp, the_vulture, and chordatesrock. It also fills the "2) Lacuna" slot in the Vellum list for the Rainbowfic fest. This poem has been sponsored by Shirley Barrette. It belongs to the series An Army of One: The Autistic Secession in Space.

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thnidu April 18 2016, 21:41:16 UTC

From Nothing
to Something.

All Nothing is the same.
All Somethings are different.

And Something
is infinitely greater than Nothing
as 0 > 1.

Yay! ysabetwordsmith April 19 2016, 00:58:18 UTC

I'm glad you liked this.

Re: Yay! thnidu April 19 2016, 02:20:28 UTC

Aaack!

===> As 1 > 0.

Thanks Ysabetwordsmith anonymous April 23 2016, 06:16:26 UTC

Something out of nothing. Hope out of despair. Grace notes to the universe. This is a key concept. This is a deep feeling of mattering.

"...not a foundation, but a feeling." Yes. We are afraid to admit it, because we would like to point to something and say, "Home is here," but we have to feel safe for that to happen, so the feeling is more basic even than the place.

I am thinking about stories I love by Spider Robinson and Charles De Lint and Ursula K. Le Guin, and I wish I could offer you and them all free tickets to some tavern between the world to go tell lies to each other so we can have more truths like this.

Yay writers.

--alatefeline

Re: Thanks Ysabetwordsmith ysabetwordsmith April 23 2016, 06:27:31 UTC

>> Something out of nothing. Hope out of despair. Grace notes to the universe. This is a key concept. This is a deep feeling of mattering. <<

That's what I was aiming for. \o/

>> "...not a foundation, but a feeling." Yes. We are afraid to admit it, because we would like to point to something and say, "Home is here," but we have to feel safe for that to happen, so the feeling is more basic even than the place.<<

Sooth. Home is a feeling of safety and belonging. Some people find that with a location, others with people.

>> I am thinking about stories I love by Spider Robinson and Charles De Lint and Ursula K. Le Guin, and I wish I could offer you and them all free tickets to some tavern between the world to go tell lies to each other so we can have more truths like this. <<

Wow. I am flattered to be in such august company! Of the three, I have met only Ursula -- she was at WisCon one year, and that was fascinating.

>> Yay writers. <<

*bow, flourish* Happy to be of service.