Rough
and thick crust and hide swells, bulging, cracked, burst; rock-face broken out
all over in eruptive tree-bark knot-holes.
Rigid,
coarse and parched outer scar-tissue opened up.
Clean wounds, gaping orifices, fresh blossom and vulnerable shellfish
become unearthed and shown off. Wares
put out on display for inspection glow brightly. Ever-watchful and wide-awake eyes spring into
action; none falter, blink, grow tired, sore or needing rest.
Armoured fortress closes tight shut again, although not
healing over or sealed; hairline-fractures allow each sleepless inmate scope to
watch, unhindered, enjoying panoramic sight range afforded.
Witnesses
and jury track every monitored case-study subject’s slightest expression, pose,
gesture, mannerism, movement, activity, encounter and exchange; never knowingly
out-stared or missing anything.
Once
noticed (or rather, caught) by them, any escape-bid to freedom or attempt at
shaking off these invincible clutches and binding proves futile.
Sheer
path and impact of their merest idle glance or focussed gaze is actually felt;
intense sensations malinger, surviving far into advanced longevity; marks made
and change caused, wherever they touch and rest.
Ability
and right is exercised to see straight through surface, interior, contents and
surroundings of even the most opaque substances; before passing beyond and over
that towards great distances.
The
very same applies when looking sideways, around corners — and for rear-view
behind.
Sometimes,
other’s vision and this considerable force meet, overlapped, adhering.
Swallowed
intelligence gleaned travels, conducted along veins and wiring, headed for
hidden secret depths within; as well as exhaled, shone, blown and flung
outwards; both channels eventually reach ultimate destinations, where findings
await and undergo consideration, processing and usage. Accumulative intake multi-layered laminate
compresses; firm, hardening, solidified, unshiftable; cavities blocked, full
up; gains stuck, irretrievably lodged.
Knowledge databank mineral resources sought and won in vain — unless
somehow possible to unravel apart or melt together. Until then, acquisition exceeds storage
facilities, while surplus extract overflows.
©,
Copyright, Douglas Park, 2007
http://www.slashseconds.org 5, Multitude, curated by Derek Horton
& Pete Lewis, Redux Projects, London / Leeds Metropolitan University,
2007
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