No Gap, No Song

opening endings alan rayner occurrity

A flute with no gap in its boundary cannot make music
Neither can a flute with no boundary

A string with no play in its boundary cannot make music
Neither can a string with no boundary

A face with no mouth cannot sing
Neither can a mouth with no face

A body without legs cannot dance
Neither can legs with no body

A bird without wings cannot fly
Neither can wings with no bird

And so it is that a world with no space in its figures
Or no figures in its space
Is a world without music or song or dance or flight
Or delight

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