{"id":2652,"date":"2014-10-27T20:47:44","date_gmt":"2014-10-28T03:47:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alteritas.net\/GXL\/?p=2652"},"modified":"2015-05-25T14:31:31","modified_gmt":"2015-05-25T21:31:31","slug":"jetlag-aka-%ce%bc%ce%b5%cf%84%ce%b5%ce%bc%cf%88%cf%8d%cf%87%cf%89%cf%83%ce%b9%cf%82","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alteritas.net\/GXL\/?p=2652","title":{"rendered":"Jetlag, aka \u03bc\u03b5\u03c4\u03b5\u03bc\u03c8\u03cd\u03c7\u03c9\u03c3\u03b9\u03c2"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>Landing at night on a motherboard<br \/>\nglowing of neon and amber,<br \/>\nI\u2019m on a leg to another flight.<br \/>\nWhither or why? There\u2019s no answer.<\/p>\n<p>Through the smudged glare of reading lights<br \/>\nI see particles pulsing below,<br \/>\nen route like me, in steady state,<br \/>\nan alternating circular flow.<\/p>\n<p>Why land, if then\u00a0to carry on?<br \/>\nWhy fly, if only to fly again?<br \/>\nAttraction, repulsion, motion itself,<br \/>\naren\u2019t hubris or vanity, just vain.<\/p>\n<p>***<br \/>\n<i><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Aka\u00a0metempsychosis. I surprised myself with this palimpsest of aviation, electronics and reincarnation, or at least implied resistance to such.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"likebtn_container\" style=\"\"><!-- LikeBtn.com BEGIN --><span class=\"likebtn-wrapper\"  data-identifier=\"post_2652\"  data-site_id=\"56b78e2ba4c688a2131dca0b\"  data-style=\"\"  data-unlike_allowed=\"\"  data-show_copyright=\"\"  data-item_url=\"https:\/\/alteritas.net\/GXL\/?p=2652\"  data-item_title=\"Jetlag, aka \u03bc\u03b5\u03c4\u03b5\u03bc\u03c8\u03cd\u03c7\u03c9\u03c3\u03b9\u03c2\"  data-item_date=\"2014-10-27T20:47:44-07:00\"  data-engine=\"WordPress\"  data-plugin_v=\"2.6.59\"  data-prx=\"https:\/\/alteritas.net\/GXL\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php?action=likebtn_prx\"  data-event_handler=\"likebtn_eh\" ><\/span><!-- LikeBtn.com END --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Landing at night on a motherboard glowing of neon and amber, I\u2019m on a leg to another flight. 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