What Is My Machine?

from Ontogeny by Jason Yellen

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What is my machine
To wind me a silent veil
and hide my primal being?
Wrap me in wires,
The kinds that spark.
I want to be the light inside shining out.
The light contained, but blazing hot.
The sheen that makes day in night.
The kind of shine that shines for you...

The thing you think you saw.
The thawing look that melts the sought.
Inside the light that makes one think,
A thought that turns the seeing seen.
Wrap me in a veil until I'm a sight
You think to see...

What is my machine?

I'll be a spectacle in glass.
You can believe me,
I'll wear a flowing transparent mask.
You can percieve me,
I'll be a beacon of your hidden past.
You can even dream me,
If you'd pull me inside out.
Uproot and destroy me,
Cement me new ground.
Hollow me! Oh hollowness,
All these walls are shapeless.
Empty me! Empty me!
Veil me in cloth! Make me unreal.

What is my machine?

Prolong and protect me,
When you think of me, I'm you.
Embalm and dissect me,
When you think of me, I'm through!

I am the cut, I wear my bones like jewels on the outside.
When you think of me, look up!

The thing you think you saw.
The thawing look that melts the sought.
Inside the light that makes one think,
A thought that turns the seeing seen.
Wrap me in a veil until I'm a sight
You think to see...

What is my machine?

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from Ontogeny, released July 11, 2020

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