# Love
L o v e
L o v e
o v e L
v e L o
eLoV
♡
┌─L─┐
│ O │
│ V │
└─E─┘
↓
╔═══════╗
║ l◊ve ║
║ løve ║
║ l0ve ║
║ lΘve ║
╚═══════╝
```
fragmentation protocols engaged
## L___
### [TRANSMISSION INTERRUPTED]
ļ̴̢͖̺̰̊͋̃ò̴̧̹̦̈́v̴̨̛̤̰̆͐ę̶̰̪̎̒̕
l
o
v→→→→e
↓
evolution
↓
revolution
↓
dissolution
---
into the void we pour our
L L L L
O O O O
V V V V
E E E E
echoing through chambers
of bone
& stone
& alone
& atone
& tone
a tone
one note
╭──────────────────╮
│ L = longing │
│ O = opening │
│ V = vessel │
│ E = everything │
╰──────────────────╯
```
## THE EXPLOSION BEGINS:
lo
v
e
*
🜂
/|\
/ | \
/ | \
💔 💗 💕
/ | \
/ | \
loss HEART light
### [SEMANTIC DECOMPOSITION]
LOVE backwards is
EVOL (evolution)
L → el → elle → cellular
O → oh! → omega → zero → ∞
V → vee → double-u inverted → wings → flight
E → epsilon → energy → mc²
.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:.
l̷̦̈́ö̴͜v̶̰̿ė̶̘ ̴̰̈́ǐ̶̘s̷͖̓:
▓▓░░▒▒░░▓▓
░░▓▓▒▒▓▓░░
▒▒░░▓▓░░▒▒
.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:.
```
POEM FRAGMENT #1:
i held the word in my mouth
like a smooth stone
L—
it rolled off my tongue
a liquid prayer
O—
opening wider than lungs
wider than sky
V—
the valley between us
the vertex of wanting
E—
ending that never ends
eternal return
every—
where—
when—
now—
### ≋≋≋ VISUAL INTERLUDE ≋≋≋
* . * . *
. _ * _ . _ .
* ( ♥ ) . ( ♥ ) ( ♥ ) *
. |█| * . |█| |█| .
* |█| . |█| |█| *
|█| |█| |█|
/███\ /███\/███\
the architecture of feeling
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## DATA CORRUPTION SEQUENCE:
LOVE
LOV€
L0V€
L0\/3
L()\/[]<
!_()\/[-
![{
\/£}]
�♡�
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❤️
---
[TRANSMISSION RESTORED]
in the space between
L and O
there is a lifetime
in the space between
O and V
there is an opening
in the space between
V and E
there is a victory
but when you string them
together fast
loveLOVEloveLOVElove
they become a heartbeat
a drumbeat
a wing-beat
exodus*
### CONCRETE POETRY:
L
L O
L O V
L O V E
E L O V E
V E L O V E
O V E L O V E
L O V E L O V E
E L O V E L O V E
V E L O V E L O V E
O V E L O V E L O V E
L O V E L O V E L O V E
♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡
```
## GLITCH POETRY SEQUENCE:
l─o─v─e
│ │ │ │
l─o─v─ERROR
│ │ │
l─o─OVERFLOW
│ │
l─STACK COLLAPSE
│
MEANING.EXE HAS STOPPED
[RESTART]
love
[SIMPLE. COMPLETE. WHOLE.]
---
SEMIOTIC BREAKDOWN:
❤ = 💔 + 🩹
🌹 = 🥀 + ⏰
👫 = 👤 + 👤 - 🧱
💑 = 🔥 + 🌊 + 💨 + 🪨
💞 = ∞ ÷ 0
### ☆ ASTRONOMICAL LOVE ☆
˚ ✦ . . ˚ . . ✦
˚ * . L * .
. ˚ . O ˚ . ✦
. ✦ . ˚ . V . *
˚ . . ˚ E . ˚ .
✦ . ✦ ˚ .
(we are made of starstuff
trying to hold starstuff)
```
## RECURSIVE POETRY:
Love is
Love is made of
Love is made of love is
Love is made of love is made of
Love is made of love is made of love is
[INFINITE LOOP DETECTED]
Love
Love
Love
Love
Love
---
MINIMALIST INTERLUDE:
l
(everything
in a single
letter)
---
MAXIMALIST EXPLOSION:
LOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVE
LOVElOvElOvE!0v€£()\/£
ℒℴνℯ𝕃𝕆𝕍𝔼𝓛𝓞𝓥𝓔ᏞᎾᏉᎬ ᒪOᐯE ⓛⓞⓥⓔ
˙ǝʌoן ǝʌoן ǝʌoן
⅃OVƎ ⅃OVƎ ⅃OVƎ
╦ ╔═╗ ╦ ╦ ╔═╗
║ ║ ║ ╚╗╔╝ ║╣
╩═╝╚═╝ ╚╝ ╚═╝
```
### HAIKU CLUSTER:
love—
the space between two breaths
and infinity
mouth opens, L—
the whole ocean
rushes in
your name, backwards
still sounds like
coming home
---
## BIOLOGICAL TAXONOMY:
Kingdom: Feeling
Phylum: Ache
Class: Longing
Order: Touch
Family: Human
Genus: Together
Species: L. vera (True Love)
DNA SEQUENCE:
L-O-V-E-L-O-V-E-L-O-V-E
| | | | | | | | | | | |
E-V-O-L-E-V-O-L-E-V-O-L
(a double helix of wanting)
```
---
EQUATION:
Love = √(-1)
(imaginary,
but necessary
to solve
for real)
---
### ALPHABET EXPLOSION:
A:
Ache in the chest cavity
B:
Bone-deep recognition
C:
Calling across crowded rooms
D:
Dizzy when they're near
E:
Everlasting (we hope)
F:
Falling, always falling
G:
Gravity between bodies
H:
Home in someone's eyes
I:
I and
I becoming
we
J:
Joy erupting like spring
K:
Kissing in the rain
L:
L O V E
M:
Merging boundaries
N:
Never enough hours
O:
Opening like flowers
P:
Promises we keep (or break)
Q:
Quiet moments between
R:
Risk everything
S:
Skin on skin on skin
T:
Time dissolving
U:
Universe shrinking to one face
V:
Vulnerable and brave
W:
Wanting more than language
X: the spot marked
X on the map
Y:
Yes (yes yes yes yes)
Z:
Zero distance between souls
---
## SONIC POEM:
LOVE
(say it slow)
L—
touch tongue to teeth
a liquid sound
like water
like longing
O—
mouth opening
round
whole
empty
full
V—
teeth on lip
vibration
velocity
vector toward
E—
breath out
ease
everything
end
repeat until it loses meaning
repeat until it gains it back
---
┌───────────────────────┐
│ LOVE.EXE │
│ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓░░░░ 73% │
│ │
│ Installing feelings │
│ Removing walls │
│ Extracting courage │
│ Deleting fear.dll │
│ │
│ [●∞●] │
│ Process may be painful│
└───────────────────────┘
```
---
FOUND POEM (from the letters themselves):
L can also spell:
- Loss
- Leap
- Last
O can also spell:
- Only
- Once
- Onto
V can also spell:
- Void
- Voice
- Vow
E can also spell:
- End
- Ever
- Each
all of it is true
all at once
always
---
### JAPANESE INFLUENCE:
愛 (ai)
恋 (koi)
but we say:
L O V E
four letters
four corners
four chambers of the heart
四 (four/shi/death)
to love is to risk death
to love is to choose life
矛盾 (contradiction)
---
## THE CENTER:
✦
╱│╲
╱ │ ╲
╱ │ ╲
╱ │ ╲
╱ │ ╲
╱ ♥ ╲
╱ │ ╲
╱ │ ╲
╱ │ ╲
╱─────────┼─────────╲
You LOVE Me
```
---
EXPERIMENTAL NOTATION:
L♪ o♫ v♪ e♬
(if love were a song
what key would it sing in?
major or minor?
both?)
L𝄞 o𝄢 v𝄞 e𝄢
tempo: allegro con brio
(quick, with spirit)
or
tempo: adagio
(slowly, at ease)
or
tempo rubato
(stolen time,
give and take,
the rhythm of us)
---
### CHEMICAL FORMULA:
C₈H₁₁NO₂ (dopamine)
+ C₁₀H₁₂N₂O (serotonin)
+ C₄₃H₆₆N₁₂O₁₂S₂ (oxytocin)
= ❤
but also:
? + ? = L O V E
(science cannot measure
what science cannot see)
---
PALINDROME PLAY:
L O V E
E V O L
spell it backwards
(evolution)
spell it forwards
(revolution)
spell it sideways
(resolution)
spell it inside out
(solution)
---
## CULMINATION:
╔══════════════════════════════╗
║ ║
║ L O V E ║
║ ╲ ╱ ╲ ╱ ╱ ║
║ ╲ ╱ ╲ ╱ ╱ ║
║ ╲ ╱ ╲ ╱ ╱ ║
║ ╲ ╱ ╳ ╱ ║
║ ╳ ╱ ╲ ╱ ║
║ ╱ ╲ ╱ ╲╱ ║
║ ╱ ╲ ╱ ╲ ║
║ ╱ ╲ ╱ ╲ ║
║ ╱ ╳ ╲ ║
║ ╱ ╱ ╲ ╲ ║
║ E V O L ║
║ ║
║ (we are always becoming) ║
╚══════════════════════════════╝
```
---
FINAL POEM:
in the end
or the beginning
(they are the same)
there is just
this:
L
O
V
E
simple
as breathing
complex
as living
small enough
to fit in a mouth
large enough
to contain
everything
that ever was
or will be
♡
---
SYSTEM MESSAGE:
Explosion complete.
Love remains.
∞
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