Invocation 1

[prelude]

The following is meant to be read to another—human or other-than-human, perhaps more-than-human—at a distance of approximately 60 cm.

Find this position in relation to them in space. Hold them in your peripheral vision, gently. Attune yourself to their materiality. What volume of space do they displace? What compression or expansion of your own body would be required to fill that volume? Can you sense their weight? What is the timbre of their vibration? Can you transpose this into audible tones? Do you pick up on the smell of them from this distance? Without touching, is there a