Z Variations

Variations

Theme:

To write about nothing is the problem
each word chained to its neighbour in
a perfect phrase no pearls strung on meaning
the thread of a clause the word itself as self
in balance
a rhythm without pulse pure stillness

i (andante)

writing the word stillness
to chain the pearl without meaning
neighbours in a rhythm through the thread of problems
pulse perfect
so nothing as self itself the phrase
clause word balance without string

ii (lento)

perfect nothing the phrase
writing stillness the word
the word to chain the self
itself a rhythm neighbours the clause pearl
balance meaning without the thread
string of pulse problems

iii (minuet)

neighbours pulse stillness
pearl a rhythm
itself nothing perfect
chain the self
the clause the phrase
writing the thread
word string word
meaning balance problems

iv (allegro)

pearl perfect a rhythm the word
nothing the neighbours problem
balance word meaning stillness
pulse the clause chain the phrase itself
writing the self string thread

v (andante)

each self a rhythm problem the word is
the word to balance the neighbours
meaning writing pulse nothing
the phrase thread itself the pearl self perfect
the clause string chain

vi (presto)

itself to balance each nothing is
meaning the word the word self
the phrase a rhythm chain the perfect problem
clause writing itself the neighbours string
is the thread pulse pearl

vii (massig)

about each in on of
as without a the to

viii (largo)

the neighbours are in problem balance
each meaning itself is about self thread writing
clause phrase word and word is the perfect
nothing without pulse rhythm chains the string of pearls

Reprise:

Stillness pure, pulse without a rhythm
balance in self as itself the word of a clause
the thread on the string pearls no phrase perfect
in a neighbour chained to each word
the problem is about nothing to write.