{"id":55,"date":"2006-09-29T17:29:44","date_gmt":"2006-09-29T21:29:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/?p=55"},"modified":"2006-09-29T17:29:44","modified_gmt":"2006-09-29T21:29:44","slug":"making-light-mike-ford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/archives\/55","title":{"rendered":"Making Light & Mike Ford"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve followed links in to Making Light<\/a> twice in as many days. Today I thought I’d read around a bit and found that I’d arrived a bit too late. They are marking the passing<\/a> of their friend John M. Ford who died Monday. I thought I’d quote two of the things he wrote (in comments!) on the site – just because I like them so much.<\/p>\n

Against Entropy<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The worm drives helically through the wood
\nAnd does not know the dust left in the bore
\nOnce made the table integral and good;
\nAnd suddenly the crystal hits the floor.
\nElectrons find their paths in subtle ways,
\nA massless eddy in a trail of smoke;
\nThe names of lovers, light of other days\u00e2\u20ac\u201d
\nPerhaps you will not miss them. That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the joke.
\nThe universe winds down. That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s how it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s made.
\nBut memory is everything to lose;
\nAlthough some of the colors have to fade,
\nDo not believe you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll get the chance to choose.
\nRegret, by definition, comes too late;
\nSay what you mean. Bear witness. Iterate.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u201dJohn M. Ford<\/em><\/p>\n

*<\/p>\n

By John M. Ford, from the Infernokrusher<\/a> thread:<\/em><\/p>\n

[From Verona Total Breakdown (Liebestod), a forgotten early Infernokrusher work by Bill \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Hoist This Petard\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Shakespeare \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/em><\/p>\n

Ro-Mo<\/strong>. Your windows are still mirrored; taunt me not,
\nBut show your colors, dare to challenge me,
\nThese lips are two shaped charges, primed and hot,
\nThat wait the go-code for delivery.
\n J-Cap<\/strong>. The flag is to the deadly, not the loud,
\nYet aim as well as posing shows in this;
\nThe worthy throwdown\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s always to the proud,
\nAnd hammer down is how the hard girls kiss.
\n Ro-Mo<\/strong>. My draft is stopped; I struggle toward the clutch.
\n J-Cap<\/strong>. And would a charge of nitrous make thee run?
\n Ro-Mo<\/strong>. Too much; but what else is there but too much?
\nLet me take arms, and elevate the gun.
\n J-Cap<\/strong>. Small arms but hint what demolitions say.
\n Ro-Mo<\/strong>. Then, gunner, gimme one round.
\n J-Cap<\/strong>. On the way.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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