Random Rules

To a Here and a There

An analysis of space leads us not to a here and a there,

but to an extension such as that which relates here and there.

Or rather crudely - space is not a lot of points close together;

it is a lot of distances interlocked.

These distances, no matter how interlocked they are,

are nonetheless distances. Distance may refer to a physical length,

or an estimation based on other criteria.

In most cases, distance from A to B is interchangeable with

distance between B and A. In most cases.

And there, in the distance, not a promised land, but the in-between,

the waiting that happens in the space between one e-mail and the next,

one trip overseas and the next. Midnight January, February, May...

It can go on for years, the way we move through time and space.

But,

tell me we'll never get used to it.

And when I say this, it should mean laughter, not poison.