ADEIMANTOS: o dear. why ( how ) does she

( she-being-she ) grow

such gloriously soft

and long and shining locks?

does the other ( we ) she yet know

how absolutely wonderful you are?

( winks ) ( at you )

SOKRATES: for, consider —

ADEIMANTOS: ( tacky

like a soda commercial

dr. pepper )

SOKRATES: (o will-thinking)

(the will-thinking)(of will-thinking)(itself),

ADEIMANTOS: o divine tresses, o handsome-

handed wool ( whom ) ( we would-will ),

SOKRATES: (perceive-by-eyes, by-mind, and apprehend,

take notice in thought, think, reflect, deem, presume,

ADEIMANTOS: what could we ( she ) do

with archive couture wool like that?

SOKRATES: think-out, conceive, purpose, intend,

be-minded, to mean)(consideration itself),

νόησον γὰρ

ADEIMANTOS: that would be her, when she

could concentrate, at least.

but ( endlessly ) hes in-

and-out and back

again ( off to the races

of white mustangs

of a white dress

of hope, she-

being a dangerous thing for me to have

leaning

) into

SOKRATES: (the)coming-into-being(o becoming)

(the becoming)(of becoming),

ADEIMANTOS: big bang, kiss kiss,

SOKRATES: (of being-born, being-

produced,

ADEIMANTOS: being a star!

SOKRATES: being-multiplied,

ADEIMANTOS: a galaxy?

her milky way c-candy bar-

t-t-tender,

SOKRATES: being-multiplied-yet-more,

ADEIMANTOS: with planets? Mercury

and Venus, wow,

SOKRATES: waxing and waning,

ADEIMANTOS: his being the moon,

SOKRATES: being-

elapsed,

ADEIMANTOS: not he! hmm,

his character arc,

SOKRATES: the happening-of-growth,

ADEIMANTOS: at last, his getting of his feast! whens its my turn!

SOKRATES: the taking-place,

ADEIMANTOS: his doin time,

SOKRATES: the coming-

to-pass,

ADEIMANTOS: his being a man,

SOKRATES: the pledges-given, oaths-taken, place-taking,

ADEIMANTOS: the gossip about him,

SOKRATES: the facts,

ADEIMANTOS: his wanting-being remembered,

SOKRATES: the past, the future, time to-have-passed,

ADEIMANTOS: his remembering-wanting being,

SOKRATES: the came-

to-pass, the came-to-be,

ADEIMANTOS: his progeny,

SOKRATES: the yet-to-come,

ADEIMANTOS: his well-begetting, well-begotten fame,

SOCRATES: and)of-this-sort,

τοιουτονὶ γενόμενον

ADEIMANTOS: until we-being-( my hand in

your hair )-doing-making ( her hand

in my hair ) go everywhere,

( and well-behaved

be he ),

SOKRATES: whether around(about)many ships(boats)(schooners)(about schooner Adventuress)(her piece of my heart),

(and other schooners)(skiffs)(sloops)(brigantines)(clippers)(galleys)(barges)(junks)(dinghies)(trawlers)(pinkies)(coracles)(curragh)(riverboats)(skin boats)(canoes canoes canoes)(tankers)(cruise-ships)(booms)(zaruk)(catamaran)(trimaran)(punt)(sampan)(dhow)(lembi)(kubaea)(moneres)(phaseli)(picatos)(fuchuan)(shachuan)(zheng)(haichuan)(wupeng boat)(dragon boat)(lorcha)(zhiyuan)(mengchong)(aral boat)(pirogue)(curiara)(montaria)(uba)(igarite)(igarape canoe)(jangada)(peque-peque)(yate)(chata)(totora boat)(tula boat)(balsa)(qaya)(caballito de totora)(dalca)(wampo)(bongui)(tomako)(tepuke)(mon)(tavala)(tanga)(yagan canoe)(kawesqar canoe)(guato canoe)(ningher)(narangga canoe)(yuki)(yari)(warrigal canoe)(torres strait canoe)(nawi)(nardan)(tied-bark canoe)(stitched-bark canoe)(reed-bundle canoe)(bark raft)(onu)(kirkkovene)(soutuvene)(savolaisvene)(tervavene)(haapio)(ruuhi)(uisko)(kokka)(kalavene)(verkkovene)(saaristovene)(paijannevene)(jokivene)(purjevene)(ladoga boat)(pomor koch)(jalboot)(shasha)(odam)(strug)(lodja)(sajka)(pinasse)(baris)(solar barque)(khufu ship)(lagoon canoe)(niger canoe)(donkua)(ali poli)(kodoo)(gaal)(fante canoe)(ewe canoe)(ugbo)(oko)(kru canoe)(sierra leone canoe)(liberian canoe)(akuafo canoe)(canoes canoes canoes)(monoxyle)(gomon)(karbas)(baidarka)(tarada)(keleks)(mashoof)(guffa)(guzar)(qayiq)(kayik)(amudarya boat)(oxus boat)(tartane)(vectoriae)(corbitae)(actuariae)(naves longae)(naves onerariae)(naves lusoriae)(hippagoga)(lembus)(caique)(celox)(caravels)(carracks)(scaphas)(pristis)(wasen)(yamato-bune)(tarai-bune)(takase-bune)(higaki-kaisen)(sengokubune)(bezaisen)(kitamaebune)(atakebune)(sekibune)(kobaya)(kobune)(watasebune)(yakatabune)(sabani)(tenmasen)(holk)(gauloi)(kerkouroi)(hippoi)(myoparo)(cercurus)(galleons)(cogs)(longships)(triakontoroi)(pentekontoroi)(hemioliai)(trihemioliai)(drakkars)(knarrs)(byrthings)(birlinns)(dromons)(biremes)(triremes)(quadriremes)(quinqueremes)(sexiremes)(septiremes)(dekeres)(enneres)(octeres)(hepteres)(hexaremes)(penteres)(liburnae)(hanseon)(panokseon)(geobukseon)(choma-seon)(pyeongjeoseon)(gwanggo)(tongsin-seon)(xebec)(fluyt)(hoys)(yawls)(ketches)(cutters)(snekkja)(sloops-of-war)(skeid)(karfi)(brigs)(barques)(barks)(windjammers)(barquentine)(tugboats)(motorboats)(houseboats)(ferries)(flatboats)(keelboats)(gondolas)(bateaux)(yachts)(vaka)(va a)(waka)(wa a)(waka ama)(waka tiwai)(waka taua)(waka hourua)(mokihi)(va a alo)(va a-tele)(kalia)(alia)(tongiaki)(amatasi)(pahi)(tipaerui)(niu)(kiato)(langskip)(faering)(sixareen)(drua)(ndrua)(takia)(tuilakeba)(camakau)(bilibili)(masawa)(wa)(sakman)(baurua)(walap)(wa a kaulua)(wa a ama)(wa a ulu)(opu)(holua)(iqyax)(chinook canoe)(haida canoe)(canoes canoes canoes)(tlingit canoe)(tsimshian canoe)(salish canoe)(makah canoe)(nuu-chah-nulth canoe)(shovel-nose canoe)(birchbark canoe)(elm-bark canoe)(algonquin canoe)(anishinaabe canoe)(ojibwe canoe)(mi kmaq canoe)(wabanaki canoe)(haudenosaunee canoe)(djong)(bajak)(golek-golek)(mayang)(kletok)(prahu mayang)(lancang)(pencalang)(bedar)(tongkang)(pinisi)(catboats)(dories)(zodiacs)(jukung)(perahu)(sandeq)(padewakang)(paduwant)(kora-kora)(paledang)(pelang)(londe)(pangajava)(bangka)(paraw)(balangay)(baloto)(biray)(karakoa)(lanong)(vinta)(salisipan)(armadahan)(basnigan)(djenging)(cascos)(guilalo)(lepa-lepa)(proa)(falu)(te wa)(penjajap)(kolek)(sakayan)(salambaw)(talaka)(tumbang)(joangan)(parao)(kelulus)(kunlun bo)(knabat bogolu)(lakatoi)(teppa)(gulet)(sambuk)(ngalawa)(mtepe)(jahazi)(mashua)(lakana)(lakana outrigger)(lakan-tsambo)(lakana lehibe)(masikoro canoe)(boutre)(dau)(mtumbwi)(uwambo)(wavuvi)(shahoof)(bagqurah)(baghlah)(huri)(badan)(jalbah)(ghurab)(tarrad)(sanbuk)(ubri)(thalamegos)(kattumaram)(vallam)(uru)(masula)(padagu)(salangu)(oru)(paru)(yathra dhoni)(thoni)(padavu)(vattavada)(bhela)(battal)(kattu-vallam)(snake boat)(vahan)(machwa)(hodi)(dungi)(shikara)(dingi)(donga)(budgerow)(panshi)(balam)(pateli)(nauka)(kotia)(pattamar)(kosha)(datti)(dalla)(ark)(kayak)(umiak)(qajaq)(angyaq)(qayaq)(greenland kayak)(dugout canoes)(outrigger canoes)(bull boats)(tomol)(tule balsa)(tule canoe)(chumash plank canoe)(canoes canoes canoes)(heiltsuk canoe)(cayuco)(piragua)(barca)(txalupa)(chalupa)(taino canoe)(lucayan canoe)(carib canoe)(canoa)(feluccas)(dahabiya)(sandal)(markab)(zarouk)(ghayassa)(papyrus boat)(reed boat)(maadi boat)(kwakwaka wakw canoe)

ADEIMANTOS: dont forget the Mimi!

SOKRATES: (the voyage of the Mimi)(wouldnt forget),

ADEIMANTOS: and how my great-aunt took me out

and off the bay, on the Rappahannock River,

near Stingray Point, in her brave and much littler

two-person sunfish, brightly across the water,

SOKRATES: (and many-jointed-rafts),

ADEIMANTOS: triples (we)is(being) best!

SOKRATES: (and many other kinds of boats

)(as temple-dwellings)(of youths)(swimming)(spinning)(piling-

up-in-heaps)(o ploughing-up)(the ploughing-up)(of ploughing-

up)(the wake)(it wakes)(the next)(of fallow-lands)(o will-to-be

of youth)(the will-to-being of the young)(of will-to-being of

the youth)(to change)(to renovate)(o change)(o renovation)( o,

o making-young-again)(the temple-dwelling)

(of temple-dwellings),

νόησον γὰρ τοιουτονὶ γενόμενον εἴτε πολλῶν νεῶν πέρι

ADEIMANTOS: as ( we-bringing ) with ( a gentle tug ) boat

back home,

SOKRATES: or(around)about(just)one,

(we-one)(you

and she and me),

πέρι εἴτε μιᾶς:

ADEIMANTOS: but (we-)he(-being) even ancienter

( not a new thought ) than the ancient mariner,

SOKRATES: (the)shipowner(to-by-for)(stature-magnitude-

build)even and(indeed)(to-by-for)(bodily-strength, force,

might, vigour, armies, confidence)(being)over

all those in the ship,

ADEIMANTOS: o seaworthy man, yet lost at sea,

SOKRATES: (o one who is unpracticed in the thing),

ADEIMANTOS: but what about she?

SOKRATES: (o river nymph),

ADEIMANTOS: your Venice bitch, your die-hard, your sh(weakness)?

SOKRATES: (she would flow)(she flows),

ADEIMANTOS: but what about me?

SOKRATES: (you would flow)(you flow)(you come

and go)(returning)(to-by-for the ship),

ADEIMANTOS: ( and had she been a Lizzy too )?

SOKRATES: ( she would swim )

ADEIMANTOS: who, she? or me?

SOKRATES: (she swims)(he swims)(it swims)(you swim)

(she would spin)(youd spin)(you spin)(for-by-to

the ship)(youre spun),

ADEIMANTOS: her spinning

her black bathing-suit up?

SOKRATES: (she would pile up)

(a funeral pyre)(she would heap and pile up)

(she heaps and piles up)

ADEIMANTOS: but were ( she-me at least ) still here,

SOKRATES: (next year, next year,

next year),

ADEIMANTOS: a darker paradise?

SOKRATES: (o one who is unpracticed in the thing),

ναύκληρον μεγέθει μὲν καὶ (488β) ῥώμῃ ὑπὲρ τοὺς ἐν τῇ νηὶ πάντας,

ADEIMANTOS: O future-facing-vessel-man,

another norman-fucking-rockwell???

( a resurfaced one ) just be okay,

just take my hand,

SOKRATES: but(the shipowner is)somewhat deaf,

ADEIMANTOS: ( yelling, we ) believe

that people can change,

can you see the flickering

in my ( phrenes ) heart?

SOKRATES: and(indeed)seeing itself-like(but)short(sighted),

and(indeed)recognizing(observing, aware)about

(around)other ship-things of-this-sort, 

ὑπόκωφον δὲ καὶ ὁρῶντα ὡσαύτως βραχύ

τι καὶ γιγνώσκοντα περὶ ναυτικῶν ἕτερα τοιαῦτα,

ADEIMANTOS: poor guy, he needs some crazy gal

to help him out ( yelling, she ) maybe try

( imagination running wild )

to kiss the sky and whisper to Jesus?

SOKRATES: but the sailors(are)rising in rebellion

toward one-another around(about

kubernesis)steering,

τοὺς δὲ ναύτας στασιάζοντας πρὸς ἀλλήλους περὶ τῆς κυβερνήσεως,

ADEIMANTOS: ( for the things that they hold dear,

each to forget the thing he fears . . . )

but she wouldnt want him to drown again,

maybe ( we-being ) can save him ( so many

steps ahead ) from his ( we cant count ) mens?

SOKRATES: each supposing(it being-necessary)

(to be necessary)(to lack)(to bind)(himself)

to take the helm(o steering)(they were steering)

(the steering)(we were steering)(to steer)(the steering),

ἕκαστον οἰόμενον δεῖν κυβερνᾶν,

ADEIMANTOS: theys a lot of artsy-craftsy sailors . . .

but ( not like its real ) ( not like were really trying )

( not like they really exist ) ( watch me pretend ) ( not like

they really spill ) what (we)is(being) kubernesis, anyway?

SOKRATES: neither(learning ones)(ever yet)learning the(she)art(craft-skill),

nur having-holding to(show-forth)demonstrate(the)teacher of himself,

nar(to demonstrate a)time in which(he)was learning (her),

μήτε μαθόντα πώποτε τὴν τέχνην

μέτε ἔχοντα ἀποδεῖξαι διδάσκαλον ἑαυτοῦ

μηδὲ χρόνον ἐν ᾧ ἐμάνθανεν,

ADEIMANTOS: calm ( her katabasis ) down,

take a deep breath, baby ( happily distracted

by that thought ) but did you neither

nur learn to spell?

nar pronoun?

SOKRATES: but toward-against those claiming

(its)not(even)to be taught(or learned),

πρὸς δὲ τούτοις φάσκοντας μηδὲ διδακτὸν εἶναι,

ADEIMANTOS: dont look too far,

( we-being ) right where you are,

( my hand in your hair ) ( her hand in my hair),

thats where (we)i(being) (we)am(are),

( triplets-at-she! ),

SOKRATES: but still and(indeed)the saying —

ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸν λέγοντα

ADEIMANTOS: whoopsie-( snip! )-daisy,

SOKRATES: as(its)taught —

ADEIMANTOS: ( snip! ) yoo-hoo,

SOKRATES: (or learned) —

ὡς διδακτὸν

ADEIMANTOS: ( snip! ) did she get it right? ( again ),

SOKRATES: (theyre)ready to cut-into-pieces,

ἑτοίμους κατατέμνειν,

ADEIMANTOS: positively voodoo!

( and did we know exactly

how magical she was ),

and he ( being ) not me ( we-she ) . . .

SOKRATES: but(the)(standing-in-need —

ADEIMANTOS: ( snip! ) now its a ribbon,

SOKRATES: of)(binding —

ADEIMANTOS: ( snip! ) round my neck,

SOKRATES: fettering —

ADEIMANTOS: ( snip! ) and its cherry-colored,

SOKRATES: -tying)selves,

ADEIMANTOS: pink ( snip! ) to hold me to this wheel,

SOKRATES: (to-by-for)the shipowner —

ADEIMANTOS: ( snip! ) we(ive just been)being,

SOKRATES: always him —

ADEIMANTOS: baking ( snip, again! ) waiting on —

SOKRATES: himself,

ADEIMANTOS: nevertheless, having experience

of arts-and-crafts and stoves-hunting-doll-like-things,

SOKRATES: (would be)pouring-crowding —

ADEIMANTOS: or ( snip! ) a spirit hunter,

SOKRATES: around(himself) —

ADEIMANTOS: (we)i(being) ( strange, snip! ) a ghost,

SOKRATES: (the standing —

ADEIMANTOS: greedy he ( yoo-hoo, snip! ) be greedy she,

SOKRATES: in-need —

ADEIMANTOS: it ( snip! ) it doesnt mean

SOKRATES: -of)(binding-fettering —

ADEIMANTOS: (we)i(being) ( snip! ) am feeling nothing,

SOKRATES: -tying-him —

ADEIMANTOS: put it ( snip! tattoo ) on my ass,

SOKRATES: sel-

ADEIMANTOS: go find her pattern then,

SOKRATES: -el-

ADEIMANTOS: sold him on ravelry,

SOKRATES: ve-

αὐτοὺς δὲ ( αὐτῷ ἀεὶ τῷ (488ξ) ναυκλήρῳ ) περικεχύσθαι δεομένους

ADEIMANTOS: these ( we-being ) red ( snip! ) ( rosy-

fingered ) ( bejeweled-mani ) ( peri-pedi-cure,

her bloody shoes ) ( purple-

crimson ) ( hollow-

ship ) bottoms,

( she huffs

a cat ),

SOKRATES: ( swiftly-yelling ) selves!)(too many!)(to-

by-for him!)(selves selves selves!) —

ADEIMANTOS: (but then)-whoopsie-( no tan-lines summer,

and then )-daisy-( he had to go weave in )-yoo-hoo-

( the loose )-we imagine you do-( ends )!

( outro, playing ukulele ) —

SOKRATES: ( head in hands,

she-being-sirens? ),

ADEIMANTOS: ( color me bloooooo

blooooooo oooooo

blooo oooo oo

bloo oo

ooo

o )

//

from Republic VI

NFR by LDR

etc