WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.480 align:middle line:84% So one of the things about the form that I want to play with 00:00:03.480 --> 00:00:07.590 align:middle line:84% is the decay of carbon-14 and the sort of half life, 00:00:07.590 --> 00:00:10.650 align:middle line:90% the half wise decay. 00:00:10.650 --> 00:00:15.990 align:middle line:84% And so I wanted to play around with making a sonnet sort 00:00:15.990 --> 00:00:18.280 align:middle line:90% of attenuate like that. 00:00:18.280 --> 00:00:19.990 align:middle line:90% So this is what it looks like. 00:00:19.990 --> 00:00:23.610 align:middle line:84% This is actually a caudated sonnet, 00:00:23.610 --> 00:00:26.340 align:middle line:84% which means it's 22 lines instead of 14, 00:00:26.340 --> 00:00:29.967 align:middle line:90% and it's sort of coming back. 00:00:29.967 --> 00:00:31.800 align:middle line:84% I don't even quite know what it's doing yet, 00:00:31.800 --> 00:00:34.290 align:middle line:90% but it's fun to play with. 00:00:34.290 --> 00:00:37.275 align:middle line:84% So this is a poem for Stanley and it's called "Home." 00:00:37.275 --> 00:00:39.780 align:middle line:90% 00:00:39.780 --> 00:00:43.050 align:middle line:84% I didn't expect to find this place here. 00:00:43.050 --> 00:00:46.110 align:middle line:84% I was just walking, liquid breathing. 00:00:46.110 --> 00:00:48.930 align:middle line:90% Home, lamplight, eyes closed. 00:00:48.930 --> 00:00:50.910 align:middle line:90% Watch battery, home. 00:00:50.910 --> 00:00:54.450 align:middle line:84% Plowing, turning over, tilt, table, test. 00:00:54.450 --> 00:00:55.890 align:middle line:90% Falling, home. 00:00:55.890 --> 00:00:57.360 align:middle line:90% Born, home. 00:00:57.360 --> 00:00:58.620 align:middle line:90% Glass case. 00:00:58.620 --> 00:01:00.390 align:middle line:90% Hearing aid. 00:01:00.390 --> 00:01:01.560 align:middle line:90% Gold recliner. 00:01:01.560 --> 00:01:02.550 align:middle line:90% Legal pad. 00:01:02.550 --> 00:01:03.510 align:middle line:90% Desk blotter. 00:01:03.510 --> 00:01:04.379 align:middle line:90% Voice box. 00:01:04.379 --> 00:01:05.129 align:middle line:90% Daybook. 00:01:05.129 --> 00:01:07.260 align:middle line:90% Yellow shirt, winding cloth. 00:01:07.260 --> 00:01:08.070 align:middle line:90% Home. 00:01:08.070 --> 00:01:12.000 align:middle line:84% Jefferson market Quinapoxet, comet, red snippers. 00:01:12.000 --> 00:01:12.930 align:middle line:90% Home. 00:01:12.930 --> 00:01:16.710 align:middle line:84% Green Street, Woodford Street, River Road, 9th, Pearl, 00:01:16.710 --> 00:01:22.110 align:middle line:84% Commercial, Spring, 12th Street, River Terrace, home. 00:01:22.110 --> 00:01:23.670 align:middle line:90% Index card. 00:01:23.670 --> 00:01:24.840 align:middle line:90% Grass shank. 00:01:24.840 --> 00:01:27.210 align:middle line:90% Quarry time back home. 00:01:27.210 --> 00:01:28.020 align:middle line:90% Holes. 00:01:28.020 --> 00:01:28.980 align:middle line:90% Home. 00:01:28.980 --> 00:01:30.720 align:middle line:90% How did you find me? 00:01:30.720 --> 00:01:31.560 align:middle line:90% Home. 00:01:31.560 --> 00:01:36.900 align:middle line:84% Tachycardia, syncope, Juniper, cataract, angina, Jackhammer, 00:01:36.900 --> 00:01:37.710 align:middle line:90% home. 00:01:37.710 --> 00:01:38.700 align:middle line:90% Walker. 00:01:38.700 --> 00:01:39.930 align:middle line:90% Whose house? 00:01:39.930 --> 00:01:40.620 align:middle line:90% Home. 00:01:40.620 --> 00:01:41.610 align:middle line:90% Old grief. 00:01:41.610 --> 00:01:42.600 align:middle line:90% Home. 00:01:42.600 --> 00:01:44.400 align:middle line:90% Have you seen my wife? 00:01:44.400 --> 00:01:47.370 align:middle line:90% Fever, anemone, name, home. 00:01:47.370 --> 00:01:51.240 align:middle line:84% Atropine, swallow reflex, water, eyedropper, home. 00:01:51.240 --> 00:01:52.410 align:middle line:90% Friends dear. 00:01:52.410 --> 00:01:53.820 align:middle line:90% Night dear. 00:01:53.820 --> 00:01:54.870 align:middle line:90% Terror dear. 00:01:54.870 --> 00:01:55.710 align:middle line:90% Rest. 00:01:55.710 --> 00:01:56.700 align:middle line:90% Unrest. 00:01:56.700 --> 00:01:58.110 align:middle line:90% Home. 00:01:58.110 --> 00:01:59.130 align:middle line:90% Sponge bath. 00:01:59.130 --> 00:02:00.420 align:middle line:90% Embarkation. 00:02:00.420 --> 00:02:03.000 align:middle line:90% First word, last word, joy. 00:02:03.000 --> 00:02:04.020 align:middle line:90% Home. 00:02:04.020 --> 00:02:05.310 align:middle line:90% Not home. 00:02:05.310 --> 00:02:06.330 align:middle line:90% Home. 00:02:06.330 --> 00:02:09.900 align:middle line:84% Given a body, how far can you take it? 00:02:09.900 --> 00:02:15.030 align:middle line:84% Outer shore, rush edge of the lake, quaking bog, kettle pond, 00:02:15.030 --> 00:02:18.870 align:middle line:90% glacial pond, salt marsh, race. 00:02:18.870 --> 00:02:22.620 align:middle line:84% The lake of your own body, sheets off you 00:02:22.620 --> 00:02:24.690 align:middle line:90% as you step out of it. 00:02:24.690 --> 00:02:26.240 align:middle line:90% Home. 00:02:26.240 --> 00:02:27.094 align:middle line:90%