Symbolic Scribbles Series #059
From Series #058 the mythic twilight of Jozef Cainβs world meets the quiet surrender of Sylvia Kalina shifting from the resurrected land to the vastness of an empty hand
NIGHTFALL (in lotus) β Jozef Cain
β β β β β β in twilight
β β β β β β β β β β β sits (in lotus)
β β β β β β β β β β βbeneath
β β β dormant deciduous
honey β β β β β β β β β β β β β β βweeps
β β β β β β β β β β β β β upon
sliced figs,
β β β β β β β β ββ β β β β β β β ββ β β β β β β β ββ β β β
β ββ β β β β β β β ββ β β β β β β β ββ β β β β β β β itβs JUST;
β β β β β β β β ββ β β β β β β β ββ β β β β β β β ββ β β β
β β β β β β β β β β β tears
β β β β β β β sweet
β β β β as the
saltiest
β β β β β β β β ββ β β β β when the sunβs
β β β β βblackened
β β β β β β β β by
β β
β β β β β β β β N
β β β β β β β β βββI
β β β β β β β β βG
β β β β β β β β βH
β β β β β β β β βT
β β β β β β β β βF
β β β β β β β β βA
β β β β β β β β βL
β β β β β β β β βL
β β β β β β β β ββ β β β β β β β ββ β β β β β β β ββ β β β
β β β β β β β β β;
β β β β β β β β ββ β β β β β β β ββ β β β β β β β ββ β β β
the nyctalopiaβs
β β β β β βcured
by
β β β β β β β β ββ β β β β β fennel balm
and the whites of
β β β β β β β β βseraphic eyes
are calmed;
β β β β β β β β ββ β β β β β β β ββ β β β β β β β ββ β β β
rβ iβ pβ pβ lβ eβ d β ββ βΒ§ β β river
reflects β STCELFER
moonlit β β β β β β β βmirror
amygdala chanting,
β β β β β β β β β ββ β β β β βTHE BEAST IS NEAR.β
murky
β β β β β β β β β ββ βmarshland
β β β β β β β β ββ β β β β β β β ββ β β β β β β β ββ β β β trudging
β β β β β β β β ββ β β β β β β β ββtoward
β β β β β β β β ββ β β β β β β β ββ β β β β β β β ββ β β β β β β β β β β β βdistant
β β β β β β β β ββ β β β β β ββ βfire smudgingβ
β β β β β β β β ββ^β
βββthe landββressurected.
β β β
Β©2026 Jozef Cain
Produced by Saccharum (Sylvia π Kalina & Jozef Cain)
[The Reply]

An Empty Hand Holds Everything β S y l v i A π K a l i n A
The room is eating the name.
First vowels. Then teethβ
A ribcage unlatched to let lungs
drop their final vaulting to the floor.
β β β β β β β The curtain of breath is a wet sheet
β ββ β β β β β flapping against an altar.
A flat tide in the throat.
The High Priestess chokes on silver currencyβ
β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β βcold denomination of a sound.
β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β Moon: a white scar waxing zero.
The skin is tired of its gold,
β β β β β β β β βtired of celestial friction
β β β β β β β β β β β β ββ ββrequired to sustain
β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β ββ β β the fiction of a shape.
β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β βChair left empty.
β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β βBut the wood remembers the spine
β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β driven toward the sky.
The white specter
β β β β β ββ of everything surrendered
β β β β β β β β β β β βto survive the light:
β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β ββsalt on the lip of horizon,
open palm
β β β β βof a spoken name.
β
Β©2026 S y l v i A π K a l i n A
Produced by Saccharum (Sylvia π Kalina & Jozef Cain)
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Loved this genuine critical insight:
"Homer never asks whether monsters exist. He asks what they reveal about the people who encounter them."
Last night - I read, I couldnβt find words - speechless, sleep.
Remarkable writing π