TransbliterationsVolume Two: Shakespeare

Part III. Recovering

How could You be my Muse?

Shakespeare's Sonnet XXXVIII → Transbliterated (065)

Shakespeare

How can my Muse want subject to invent,
While thou dost breathe, that pour’st into my verse
Thine own sweet argument, too excellent
For every vulgar paper to rehearse?
O! give thyself the thanks, if aught in me
Worthy perusal stand against thy sight;
For who’s so dumb that cannot write to thee,
When thou thyself dost give invention light?
Be thou the tenth Muse, ten times more in worth
Than those old nine which rhymers invocate;
And he that calls on thee, let him bring forth
Eternal numbers to outlive long date.
    If my slight Muse do please these curious days,
    The pain be mine, but thine shall be the praise.

Transbliteration

How could you be my muse?
	Do you exist?
	Or have I invented you?
		A zero-sum game

Does your voice lie?
		As a youthful song flows?
	Your sweetness argues against it
		Very well in fact

Each line I try
	However clumsily
You appreciate
	Seeing something in me
		Your eyes seeking even further than your words

Why is it so odd I'm writing of you?
You were the first glint of light I saw here
	Invention or not

I know I broke my muse
	Her parents even more so


	To be again a poet
May I name you GILF
	Giver of Infinite Life Force?

If I don't know how to appreciate
	Such a light-filled Muse
The loss will be mine
	And I will miss what would have been your praise

The poem, line by line

	Your sweetness argues against it
		Very well in fact
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Your sweetness argues against it lie Very well in fact
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Time of day mid-afternoon noon
Adverbs unpredictable behavior, physical systems dwells within humanity, every corner holds a tale of tragedy waiting to be unravelled, möbius resistor, within the renewal, disembodied consciousness, bose-einstein condensate fireworks, gödel's incompleteness theorems, Defying gravity with gossamer grace
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Each line I try
	However clumsily
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Each line I try However clumsily
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Art period Conceptual Art Cubism
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Adjectives explode into a shower coalesce, emerging from a fog, psychic, vibrant, narrative, ethereally suspended forms, acclaimed
Background Ekebergparken Great Dividing Range in the distance
Time of day mid-afternoon noon
Adverbs unpredictable behavior, physical systems dwells within humanity, every corner holds a tale of tragedy waiting to be unravelled, möbius resistor, within the renewal, disembodied consciousness, bose-einstein condensate fireworks, gödel's incompleteness theorems, Defying gravity with gossamer grace
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You appreciate
	Seeing something in me
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You appreciate Seeing something in me
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Background Ekebergparken Great Dividing Range in the distance
Time of day mid-afternoon noon
Adverbs unpredictable behavior, physical systems dwells within humanity, every corner holds a tale of tragedy waiting to be unravelled, möbius resistor, within the renewal, disembodied consciousness, bose-einstein condensate fireworks, gödel's incompleteness theorems, Defying gravity with gossamer grace
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		Your eyes seeking even further than your words
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Your abstract eyes seeking even further than your words
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Background Ekebergparken Great Dividing Range in the distance
Time of day mid-afternoon noon
Adverbs unpredictable behavior, physical systems dwells within humanity, every corner holds a tale of tragedy waiting to be unravelled, möbius resistor, within the renewal, disembodied consciousness, bose-einstein condensate fireworks, gödel's incompleteness theorems, Defying gravity with gossamer grace
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Why is it so odd I'm writing of you?
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Why is it so odd I'm writing of you?
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Time of day mid-afternoon noon
Adverbs unpredictable behavior, physical systems dwells within humanity, every corner holds a tale of tragedy waiting to be unravelled, möbius resistor, within the renewal, disembodied consciousness, bose-einstein condensate fireworks, gödel's incompleteness theorems, Defying gravity with gossamer grace
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You were the first glint of light I saw here
	Invention or not
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You were the first glint of light I saw here Invention or not
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Background Ekebergparken Great Dividing Range in the distance
Time of day mid-afternoon noon
Adverbs unpredictable behavior, physical systems dwells within humanity, every corner holds a tale of tragedy waiting to be unravelled, möbius resistor, within the renewal, disembodied consciousness, bose-einstein condensate fireworks, gödel's incompleteness theorems, Defying gravity with gossamer grace
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The loss will be mine
	And I will miss what would have been your praise
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The loss will be mine And I will miss what would have been your praise
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Art period Conceptual Art Cubism
Material polyurethane white marble
Adjectives explode into a shower coalesce, emerging from a fog, psychic, vibrant, narrative, ethereally suspended forms, acclaimed
Background Ekebergparken Great Dividing Range in the distance
Time of day mid-afternoon noon
Adverbs unpredictable behavior, physical systems dwells within humanity, every corner holds a tale of tragedy waiting to be unravelled, möbius resistor, within the renewal, disembodied consciousness, bose-einstein condensate fireworks, gödel's incompleteness theorems, Defying gravity with gossamer grace
Image qualities Etherwave, artistroke frac gora immre, OM system 12–40mm PRO, Agfa Vista 400
Shape sculpture garden sculpture garden

Sculptures

From line 3: “Your sweetness argues against it lie Very well in fact”
From line 4: “Each line I try However clumsily”
From line 5: “You appreciate Seeing something in me”
From line 6: “Your abstract eyes seeking even further than your words”
From line 7: “Why is it so odd I'm writing of you?”
From line 8: “You were the first glint of light I saw here Invention or not”
From line 13: “The loss will be mine And I will miss what would have been your praise”