a cento

the arc of every origin story and account of how we came to be 
is rife with tension between chaos and order
maps in space and time that we are continually improving
what is there and seen but also what is there and unseen

rife with tension between chaos and order
all visible galaxies assemble around the scaffolding
what is there and seen but also what is there and unseen
dating back to the hot, dense beginning

all visible galaxies assemble around the scaffolding
a universe whose measure we humans have the capacity to take
dating back to the hot, dense beginning
another manifestation of the presence of matter – the bending 

a universe whose measure we humans have the capacity to take
the arc of every origin story and account of how we came to be 
another manifestation of the presence of matter – the bending
maps in space and time that we are. Continually, I’m proving.




All lines extracted from “Cosmos, Chaos and Order” by Priya Natarajan, as published in Leonardo Vol. 54 No. 1 pp107-114