The seven ages of man (4/1/95)

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Indeed: what parts terrestrial? what parts ethereal?

As John Donne might have put it: the Schoolmen taught us base matter was drawn down toward the center of the world, while the finer essences, the stuff that dwelt in the celestial spheres, bobbed up toward the Empyrean.

And thus is framed the paradox: her most substantial parts defy the pull of gravity; the carnal pull upon my eyes an emanation from angelic orbs.

Or as Garbonzo once phrased it: “With floats like these, she needn’t fear death by water.”

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Second derivative (3/21/95)