(this is a sculpture) ft. The Prize Winning Squid Lyrics

This is a sculpture

Not these words per se

But the physical impact of their sound on the natural world

This composition consists of the physical space that is disturbed

By the rendering of these words

It is the turbulence in the air caused here in my home by the sound of my voice as I record this

Every surface it reflects off

Penetrates into

And passes through along the way

Contributes to its shape and helps set its physical boundaries

Every electrical impulse

It is converted into

Every neuron

That comprises the thoughts

Influenced by the sound of these words

And every sound produced as a result of the thoughts those neurons comprise

Are the almost imperceptible channels by which its physical nature persists

Expands

And evolves

It exists across time

Lurching into explosive growth

Quickly dissipating

And leaving only the most minute impact remaining in the minds of those who hear it

Until it is once again poured out into the world

It is real and tangible and significant

It is transient and it is persistent

It is personal and it is universal

It is private and it is contiguous

It is finite and it is immeasurable

It is wholly unique

And utterly ordinary