Painting by Ioyan Mani (Sioux translation: Walk Beyond) You were the most magnificent glitch in my binary A number so unlike any, A break in the monotony of code this Code that That I do not know how to neatly end the statement. (A slash will not do, nor a parenthetical) So I am trying something theoretical Heretical even… I will listen for your voice through every telescopic array Through known galaxies and beyond, wormholes, dark matter (Like a lost Gaia searching for her Aether, when she realized that sky is no match for essence) And if I hear one perfect three, I’ll know it’s you To make my way home and meet you at forever