the fossil record
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Animation,
Any where, any when
Does begin with language thin.
For life's discourse with chaos din
Requires information.
To then complete creation lively
Add quick energy, mix finely
For half or more eternity.
Lifeforms low and high relate,
State, equate, reiterate,
Share elements, share bytes, iota,
Share meaning quanta
Symbol quota.
And in so doing so change life,
As life itself does change,
As life its lifewords rearrange
To suit each living repertoire.
So let time and tine fork sign
And symbol of dissertations,
Of iterative distinctions
On matter, mind, and meant.
Find therein timeless complicate renditions
Of life's converses eloquent.
Anastasia Voight