Room 281
  
 A divination of entropy, in
 which people pass but
 collide with one another
 in corridors that then be-
 come impassable. When he
  
 found her, she was reading
 an Icelandic detective story,
 somewhat convoluted as well 
 as full of multi-syllable patro-
 nymic or matronymic names. 
  
 The building that housed the 
 radio telescope was caught by 
 sunlight, then let down gently.
 Its message bank was empty.
 Later he walked home alone. 
 
   
 From the Pound Cantos: CENTO XXV
  
 Propped between chairs & 
 table, torches melt in the glare. 
 Flame leaps from the hand, 
 the rain is listless, the leaves are
 full of voices. Our bodies also
 heavy with weeping. Time
 spent knocking at empty rooms,
 stubborn against the fact. 
  
 An ex-convict out of Italy, 
 water running off from his twis-
 ted arms, swung for a moment 
 & knocked me into the black 
 snout of a porpoise gripping the
 blue-gray glass of the wave. 
  
 
  
 A line from Jimi Hendrix
  
 Despite it being a culturally
 inclusive environment, delive-
 ring messages intended for
 airborne bacteria presents a
  
 unique challenge. Because of
 constant barriers — such as a 
 vacuum cleaner able to rescue 
 a dog from a mini iceberg — there
  
 is only ever one way in. Test the 
 water, & in time find that the most 
 efficient method is to hide them in
 a radio program full of mirrors.
  
 
   
 languor longer
  
 He thought indo-
 lence might be a 
 group of languages 
 along the lines of 
  
 Indo-European, 
 but found he didn't
 have sufficient 
 drive to look it up.