Vimalakirti’s Silence for Chris McKenna

Vimalakirti’s Silence for Chris McKenna



The echo of the peel of the bell

sounding throughout the universe

this ear, hair follicles, skin, goose bumps,

smiles...



Miles Davis, Beethoven, the Greek chorus

all ringing the heart with one Awesome Sound

rising straight from

the Empty Aeon.



The taste of this saliva,

the vastness of this Eustachian tube,

the flesh of this cheek,

the tongue of the universe:



one entire kiss.



Kotatsu Roko

24 August 2013

Prospect Hill

The word aeon, also spelled eon, originally means "life" or "being", though it then tended to mean "age", "forever" or "for eternity". It is a Latin transliteration from the koine Greek word ὁ αἰών (ho aion), from the archaic αἰϝών (aiwon). In Homer it typically refers to life or lifespan. Its latest meaning is more or less similar to the Sanskrit word kalpa and Hebrew word olam. A cognate Latin word aevum or aeuum (cf. αἰϝών) for "age" is present in words such as longevity and mediaeval.

Although the term aeon may be used in reference to a period of a billion years (especially in geology, cosmology or astronomy), its more common usage is for any long, indefinite, period. Aeon can also refer to the four aeons on the Geologic Time Scale that make up the Earth's history, the Hadean, Archean, Proterozoic, and the current aeo