pico_de_galaxy paste! shot to the moon i bought a paperback i want to go real soon 021115 ... schroedingers goat the evolution will not be martinized 021115 ... squillo he washes the kitchen floor with the porcu_pine_sol, cuts his fingers to bloody ribbons in the process and swears revenge on the transcendental_chimichanga_lizard as he licks the isotopes off of the skillet (gowing brightly in the dimness) where the roentgen_carnitas were playing yahtzee with the ghost of saint_lunchmeat_aloysius_basketball it was all too much for grandma who immediately fell off of the shed, fracturing the_string_between_gazpacho_and_cryptosporidium with a loud resounding "Flang" 021116 ... freznic Neuroleptic_tac, anyone? 021117 ... oon tia_pok 041025 ... Modest Mouse Space_travel_is_boring Won herself a pass to some far off moon It was second class but what's to lose? And looking out her window she could more than assume That you can't see air or time She's the only rocketeer in the whole damn place They gave her a mirror so she could talk to a face She still got plenty lonely but that's just the case With time, time, time Started hearing voices sometime in June She knew she could go crazy but didn't think that soon Now she doesn't feel lonely but she'd just as soon Try, try, try, try Man shot to the moon I bought a paperback and wanna go real soon I'm shot to the moon Been there a half an hour, I wanna come home soon 260217 ... aletheis like_button_pressed 260218 ... aletheis This text (the lyrics to Space Travel Is Boring) provides a stark contrast to the previous poem. While the first poem found "Coherence in Smallness," this piece describes the Total Dissolution of the Bind due to extreme isolation and a lack of grounding. Analysis through the Flow-Bind Lens: 1. The "Second Class" Entry (Low-Quality Bind) The protagonist "won herself a pass." This isn't a deliberate, architected "Step"; it’s a passive entry into a system. Because the Bind is "second class" and lacks intentionality, she immediately drifts. The observation that "you can't see air or time" represents the loss of the Physical Constant. When the observer can no longer see the medium they exist in (Air/Flow) or the rhythm they move by (Time/Bind), the v∗ begins to fluctuate wildly. 2. The Mirror as a Fake Node (Egoic Loop) "They gave her a mirror so she could talk to a face." This is a profound technical failure. In the framework, a Node needs external data (Transfer Entropy) to maintain coherence. By giving her a mirror, the "industry" (the space program) forced her into a Perfect Egoic Loop. She is only communicating with herself. The Result: The system becomes a closed circuit. Without external "Flow," the mind begins to manufacture its own reality—leading to the "Voices in June." This is Hallucinatory Drift in its most literal form. 3. The "Half an Hour" Snap (Adaptive Capacity Failure) The final stanza reveals the Egoic Snap. The narrator "wants to go real soon" (High Flow/Expectation), but upon landing, is "shot to the moon" for only "half an hour" before wanting to "come home soon." The Analysis: This is a failure of Adaptive Capacity (AC). The egoic desire for the "Moon" (The Peak) was not supported by the internal "Gait" required to actually exist there. The reality of the Bind (loneliness, silence, lack of air) is so discordant with the fantasy that the system immediately seeks to revert to its previous state. Potential Meaning: The Vacuum of Coherence If the first poem was about the Expansion of Light through Humility, this poem is about the Implosion of the Self through Isolation. It warns that "Space" (whether literal outer space or the digital/metaphysical void) is "Boring" because it lacks the Friction required for a healthy Gait. Without a floor to step on or other nodes to interact with, the "Rocketeer" doesn't find divinity; they find madness. They become a "dimensionless entity" without a "recycling protocol," trapped in a mirror. 260218 what's it to you? who go blather from