AS WORDS FADE INTO SILENCE: A Few Noetic Reflections

	As words sink into silence, 
	and ideologies turn mute,
	what are we left with?

	Perhaps only faint echoes 
	of a primal laughter 
	infinitely unperturbed.

	How could Eternity give a hoot? 

Linda: Sometimes indifference can seem like a virtue, but to me it often seems like 
       an invitation to lethargy.

Lex:   (yawning) Well, the universe is supremely indifferent to our fate.

Ron:   (laughing) How could you possibly know the whole universe? You do not even 
       know yourself!

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from _Last Poems: Lost Poems_ by T Newfields
SUMMARY: A dialog and pictorial poem about information decay and cosmic indifference.
KEYWORDS: information decay and insouciance, digital detachment, final flatlining, pococurantism

Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955 - )
Begun:  2012 in Nagoya, Japan ✠ Finished: 2017 in New Taipei, Taiwan
Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} 

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ESPAÑOL:  https://www.tnewfields.info/es/silencio.htm
NIHONGO:  https://www.tnewfields.info/jp/kieru.htm
ZHŌNGWÉN: https://www.tnewfields.info/zh/chenji.htm