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
