the same note, the same word, the same leaf…
Plants at night.
The exhalation of carbon dioxide in the making of chlorophyll, like a sigh of satisfaction that would last hours, as when the deepest note of string instruments, the most relaxed possible, vibrates at the limit of music, with pure sound, and silence.
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~ Text and title: Francis Ponge, from “Fauna & Flora” in Things, 1936-37
