Irrevolution originally topped out at over 120 pages and I won my first award for this book-length paradigm of thought processes. I was asked to edit and rework the form of the work for publication and throughout the years it has become true to its theme of transformation as it has changed and matured along with myself into an ever-changing and living piece of form.
What began as a free-flowing and linear epic single poem has become a more reader-friendly and palatable series and sections of verse that can each stand alone or connect readily to the greater whole. The following is the first piece and beginning of Irrevolution:
A THEODOLITE VIEW OF BEING
Stance
degrees to turn, a
n
gle and sweat
for subconscious measure (l e n g t h s
and
v s
o e
l m
u
per convergence)-
cognition's endless lines
that t
c r
e perception's i c
s endless c l
i s e
b to
bring
one
returning
to
effect degrees-
a conscious measure (and sometimes
one personal level more is
attained,
but growth capacities
change) of no w i d t h , only d
e
p
t
h
(or azimuth in the eyes
to the topography
of the mind).
Learned things granted (inferred that way)
and
charted (or forgotten away).
Affect degrees
changing these charts-
unsocial boundaries realigned,
asocial portions pledged,
social Fahrenheit realized-with
all interactive motion
and force
reckoning (inner inching voices
to
outer peck noises): thought's
heart move-
heart move-
ments in
chosen
spatial
radius
on the response plane of active measure
(as a man believes and
becomes
himself,
bleeding
character.
