— “The web is all-encompassing memory and brings
everything
to itself, holding it in and trapping it. What grazes the edge also
touches the center.
to itself, holding it in and trapping it. What grazes the edge also
touches the center.
You repeat your pattern and when you try to vary the
template,
you relapse, because none is better than the one that binds you.
you relapse, because none is better than the one that binds you.
Only an acrobat can escape; the acrobat, who risks his
life as he
endangers the lives of others.”
endangers the lives of others.”
Tr.
Forrest Gander. Original published 2012, as part of an abecedarium. The multiple meanings for "web" are all too obvious: the spider is trapping all us gentle readers.
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