Van Stanley

Everything Is Relative,

     I said.  But you did not agree.
You said, There has got to be at least something out there
     that is, sure.  But, the rest? I asked.
The rest is fixed, you said.  So, what’s the thing, then,
     I said, What’s the thing that IS relative?
I think it is the truth, you said,
     or the Truth, you continued,
          or some thing.
I see, I said.
     But I did not.
Relativity has exactly to do with that which is fixed,
     I said, it is not the fixity that is the factor here,
          you are beside the point.  It is in the relation of things,
               things from their fixed positions, that we speak of the relativity
                    between every thing.  Ja, ja, Stan,
you said in your Potosino accent.  That is a cop out, Stan.
     Is it? I said. 
You mean to say that if I stand on that red ball, there, that big red ball
     made of PVC & polyester — hung from a high bough of that
           tree in this park, Menil Park — do you mean to say that there is
                no bit of sameness to occur that is not the sameness to’ve occurred
                     regardless?
     What are you talking about? I said.
Just answer the question, you said.
     No, answer MY question, I said, What are you talking about?
          Now, I said, you’d better get off of that red ball, you!
               It does not look safe.
Oh, believe me, you said.  I would agree from either your angle, or mine!
     you said, as you fell.

(Source: vanstanley)