Tag: Curve

  • The Curve of Two Bodies

    The Curve of Two Bodies

    You turn one-half rotation away from me to face the dark
    I set my trajectory to follow you through the vacuum
    The shortest distance between two bodies is also a curve
    Every move we’ve made is recorded on a continuum

    I set my trajectory to follow you through the vacuum
    Part of every revolution is a retrograde
    Every move we’ve made is recorded on a continuum
    What is made of less must always orbit what is made of more

    Part of every revolution is a retrograde
    Around and around the sun, around and around each other
    What is made of less must always orbit what is made of more
    The arch of time bends wide but spirals ever inward, and

    Around and around the sun, around and around each other
    Trying to find a fundamental formula to reconcile
    The arch of time, bending wide but spiraling inward, and
    This rapid osculation building over the surface

    Trying to find a fundamental formula to reconcile
    I find the concave of your collar, the convex of your hips, and
    This rapid osculation building over the surface
    Becomes a parabola rising on a plane, but other times

    I find the concave of your collar, the convex of your hips, and
    You turn one-half rotation away from me to face the dark
    Becoming a hyperbola lying on a plane, and other times
    The longest distance between two bodies is also a curve