{"id":5128,"date":"2025-03-25T14:56:28","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T14:56:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rochelleowens.net\/new\/?page_id=5128"},"modified":"2025-03-25T14:56:28","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T14:56:28","slug":"beloved-the-aardvark","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rochelleowens.net\/index.php\/beloved-the-aardvark\/","title":{"rendered":"Beloved the Aardvark"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1742914303900{margin-top: 25px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column]<figure class=\"vcex-image vcex-module wpex-mb-30\"><div class=\"vcex-image-inner wpex-relative wpex-inline-block\"><img width=\"624\" height=\"275\" src=\"https:\/\/rochelleowens.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/aardvark1.jpg\" class=\"vcex-image-img wpex-align-middle\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rochelleowens.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/aardvark1.jpg 624w, https:\/\/rochelleowens.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/aardvark1-300x132.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/div><\/figure><style>.vcex-heading.vcex_6a21c4555a51f{color:#000000;font-size:24px;font-weight:700;}<\/style><h1 class=\"vcex-heading vcex-heading-plain vcex-module wpex-text-balance wpex-heading wpex-text-2xl wpex-mb-0 vcex_6a21c4555a51f\"><span class=\"vcex-heading-inner wpex-inline-block\">Beloved the Aardvark<\/span><\/h1>[vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221; bottom_margin=&#8221;30px&#8221; color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; font_size=&#8221;14px&#8221;]The letters horizontal<br \/>\nor vertical f l o a t before<br \/>\nyour eyes<\/p>\n<p>a black line shapes itself<br \/>\nspells out the first noun in<br \/>\nan english dictionary<\/p>\n<p>with a forefinger and thumb<br \/>\nspells out A a r d v a r k<br \/>\nan animal from Africa<\/p>\n<p>body of data data of body<br \/>\nrabbitlike ears a long cylindrical<br \/>\ntongue<\/p>\n<p>the tail of a kangaroo<br \/>\nnocturnal burrowing a member<br \/>\nof the mammalian order<\/p>\n<p>made of the parts<br \/>\nof different animals lay your hand<br \/>\nfeel the bones under the skin<\/p>\n<p>*<\/p>\n<p>The universe contains<br \/>\neverything that exists letters<br \/>\nthat spell out<\/p>\n<p>r u i n s c a p e<\/p>\n<p>end to end long strings<br \/>\nof words blinking in and out<br \/>\nas the universe contracts<\/p>\n<p>e x p a n d s<\/p>\n<p>across the twenty-first century<br \/>\nmounds of sand appear<br \/>\ndisappear<\/p>\n<p>always the Aardvark moves<br \/>\nin circles moves in circles<br \/>\nin the here and now<\/p>\n<p>swaying side to side<br \/>\nmassive the claws digging<br \/>\nsearching<\/p>\n<p>work is a binding obligation<br \/>\na jaw opens and closes<br \/>\ncarnal\/spiritual<\/p>\n<p>*<\/p>\n<p>On a computer screen<br \/>\nreflections of water metal glass<br \/>\nbouncing radio waves<\/p>\n<p>black lines form letters<br \/>\nprecise methodical long strings<br \/>\nof words vertical\/horizontal<\/p>\n<p>words detached from<br \/>\nthe course of events planned<br \/>\nor spontaneous patterns<\/p>\n<p>spirals of wind and fire<br \/>\nzigzags of black and white lines<br \/>\nlayers of brown dust<\/p>\n<p>biomorphic geomorphic<br \/>\npolymorphic slashes slashes<br \/>\nof solar light<\/p>\n<p>earth air fire water<\/p>\n<p>motionless the Aardvark<br \/>\nstands listening blood in<br \/>\nblood out<\/p>\n<p>*<\/p>\n<p>Press button to see<br \/>\nScience and Art of creating<br \/>\narchetypal scenes<\/p>\n<p>come into being<br \/>\nlong ago an hour ago<br \/>\nonly a minute<\/p>\n<p>known and unknown shapes<br \/>\nthe flesh of the apple the dome<br \/>\nof a human skull<\/p>\n<p>a mushroom cloud<\/p>\n<p>each successive image<br \/>\nsigns and wonders earth air<br \/>\nfire water<\/p>\n<p>motionless the Aardvark<br \/>\nstands listening blood in<br \/>\nblood out<\/p>\n<p>*<\/p>\n<p>Press button to see<br \/>\na bucolic setting grape vines<br \/>\nolive groves<\/p>\n<p>fields of sunflowers<br \/>\nwhite the summer blossoms<br \/>\na wedding party<\/p>\n<p>the bride and groom pale<br \/>\nand red his lips her breast vein<br \/>\nas thick as a finger<\/p>\n<p>out of his mouth<br \/>\nprotrudes his tongue cinnamon cumin<br \/>\nhoney and salt<\/p>\n<p>lines of insects appear<br \/>\ndisappear tendons and nerves<br \/>\npulsate<\/p>\n<p>a flow of hormonal forces<br \/>\nblood in blood out the universe<br \/>\ncontracting<\/p>\n<p>e x p a n d i n g<\/p>\n<p>an outline shapes itself<br \/>\nplayful the unborn babe in its<br \/>\namniotic sac<\/p>\n<p>*<\/p>\n<p>Always the Aardvark<br \/>\nmoves in circles moves in circles<br \/>\nin the here and now<\/p>\n<p>earth air fire water<\/p>\n<p>moves in circles swaying<br \/>\nside to side rhythmic the blood<br \/>\nthe months in a year<\/p>\n<p>disease famine torture war<\/p>\n<p>mounds of sand appear disappear<\/p>\n<p>massive the claws<br \/>\ndigging searching long ago<br \/>\nan hour ago<\/p>\n<p>only a minute<\/p>\n<p>*<\/p>\n<p>On a warm day in spring<br \/>\na woman plays a harpsichord<br \/>\nthe lid painted with scenes<\/p>\n<p>of mythological animals<br \/>\nknown and unknown shapes<br \/>\nnocturnal solitary<\/p>\n<p>black zigzags<br \/>\nappear disappear motionless<br \/>\nthe Aardvark stands<\/p>\n<p>listening a jaw opens<br \/>\nand closes audible inaudible<br \/>\nthe sound of the predator<\/p>\n<p>lay your hand<br \/>\nfeel the bones under the skin<br \/>\ncarnal\/spiritual[\/vc_column_text]<figure class=\"vcex-image vcex-module wpex-mb-30\"><div class=\"vcex-image-inner wpex-relative wpex-inline-block\"><img width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/rochelleowens.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/aardvark2.jpg\" class=\"vcex-image-img wpex-align-middle\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rochelleowens.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/aardvark2.jpg 600w, https:\/\/rochelleowens.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/aardvark2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rochelleowens.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/aardvark2-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/div><\/figure>[vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221; bottom_margin=&#8221;30px&#8221; color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; font_size=&#8221;14px&#8221;]Next to a wall<br \/>\nof concrete stands a man<br \/>\ncovered with tattoos<\/p>\n<p>orange yellow green<br \/>\nastrological signs etched into<br \/>\nhis skin<\/p>\n<p>tendons and nerves<br \/>\ndrink color his hand balled<br \/>\ninto a fist<\/p>\n<p>a fringe of drool<br \/>\nand blood circles the mouth<br \/>\nhis lips move<\/p>\n<p>a secret tribal language<\/p>\n<p>then he counts<br \/>\nthe months in a year his thumb<br \/>\nand forefinger moving<\/p>\n<p>back and forth along a wall<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;who eat up my people as they<br \/>\neat bread&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>*<\/p>\n<p>Morning to evening<br \/>\nevening to morning audible<br \/>\ninaudible<\/p>\n<p>the rhythm the rhythm<br \/>\nof spontaneous changes sunlight\/<br \/>\nblackness<\/p>\n<p>blinking in and out<\/p>\n<p>piles of sand appear<br \/>\ndisappear audible inaudible<br \/>\nthe sound of digging<\/p>\n<p>digging deeper<br \/>\nprecise methodical searching<br \/>\nalways the Aardvark<\/p>\n<p>moves in circles moves in circles<br \/>\nin the here and now<\/p>\n<p>swaying side to side<\/p>\n<p>piles of sand appear<br \/>\ndisappear work is a binding<br \/>\nobligation<\/p>\n<p>suffer the Aardvark children<\/p>\n<p>*<\/p>\n<p>Out of an ant hill<br \/>\na waft of air lovely the ant hill<br \/>\ncurved like an embrace<\/p>\n<p>*<\/p>\n<p>Rays of sunlight<br \/>\npenetrate the roof of your skull<br \/>\nwarming your back<\/p>\n<p>warming your hands<br \/>\nand fingers holding a piece<br \/>\nof charcoal<\/p>\n<p>drawing zigzags of<br \/>\nblack lines tendons nerves<br \/>\nligament<\/p>\n<p>spirals of veins pulsate<br \/>\nblood in blood out<\/p>\n<p>*<\/p>\n<p>On a concrete wall<br \/>\nlit up by fluorescent light<br \/>\nvibrating particles<\/p>\n<p>shape the contours of an animal<\/p>\n<p>the face of the Aardvark<br \/>\nis its parts the eyes nose<br \/>\nand mouth<\/p>\n<p>the cylindrical tongue<\/p>\n<p>the long ears<br \/>\nheating to the temperature<br \/>\nof human skin<\/p>\n<p>*<\/p>\n<p>Pale and red<br \/>\nthe mouth of a child eating<br \/>\nan apple<\/p>\n<p>a montage of bite marks<\/p>\n<p>your hand balled into a fist<\/p>\n<p>*<\/p>\n<p>Press button to hear<br \/>\nmorning to evening evening<br \/>\nto morning<\/p>\n<p>a s o u n d s c a p e<\/p>\n<p>of everlasting duration<br \/>\nevening to morning morning<br \/>\nto evening<\/p>\n<p>out of the digital age<\/p>\n<p>a course of events<br \/>\nthe scientific explosive realm<br \/>\nacross<\/p>\n<p>the twenty-first century<br \/>\n*<\/p>\n<p>Press button<br \/>\nto hear a musical interval<br \/>\nin the afternoon<\/p>\n<p>sipping Umbrian wine<\/p>\n<p>tearing off the wing<br \/>\nof a roast pigeon a musical<br \/>\nmontage<\/p>\n<p>evoking the rhythm<br \/>\nthe rhythm of spontaneous changes<br \/>\nLouis Armstrong&#8217;s<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Black and Blue&#8221;<br \/>\na Bach cantata Native American flutes<br \/>\nBuddhist chants singing dolphins<\/p>\n<p>Willie Nelson&#8217;s &#8220;On the Road Again&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>*<\/p>\n<p>You turn in<br \/>\nthe direction of a voice<br \/>\nspelling out a word<\/p>\n<p>A m f a t t e h r<\/p>\n<p>a voice repeating<br \/>\nan unknown word motionless<br \/>\nthe Aardvark<\/p>\n<p>stands listening<br \/>\na voice repeating spelling<br \/>\nout a word<\/p>\n<p>A m f a t t e h r<\/p>\n<p>made of the letters<br \/>\nof a noun drawing zigzags<br \/>\nof black lines<\/p>\n<p>horizontal\/vertical<\/p>\n<p>a piece of charcoal<br \/>\nheld with fingers and thumb<br \/>\nbody of data<\/p>\n<p>data of body<br \/>\nan animal from Africa<br \/>\na member<\/p>\n<p>of the mammalian order<\/p>\n<p>*<\/p>\n<p>Mounds of sand<br \/>\nappear disappear massive<br \/>\nthe claws digging<\/p>\n<p>searching<br \/>\nlong ago an hour ago<br \/>\nonly a minute<\/p>\n<p>the universe contracts e x p a n d s<\/p>\n<p>disease famine torture war<\/p>\n<p>rhythmic a flow<br \/>\nof hormonal forces blood in<br \/>\nblood out<\/p>\n<p>disease famine torture war<\/p>\n<p>the Aardvark<br \/>\ncomes out in daylight to lie<br \/>\nin the sun[\/vc_column_text]<figure class=\"vcex-image vcex-module wpex-mb-30\"><div class=\"vcex-image-inner wpex-relative wpex-inline-block\"><img width=\"960\" height=\"624\" src=\"https:\/\/rochelleowens.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/aardvark3.jpg\" class=\"vcex-image-img wpex-align-middle\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rochelleowens.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/aardvark3.jpg 960w, https:\/\/rochelleowens.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/aardvark3-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rochelleowens.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/aardvark3-768x499.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/div><\/figure>[vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221; bottom_margin=&#8221;30px&#8221; color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; font_size=&#8221;14px&#8221;]Evolution is smart<br \/>\nclean clear and simple gaps<br \/>\nin the sequence of<\/p>\n<p>events laid down and eroded away<\/p>\n<p>hungry or thirsty<br \/>\neat or drink body of data<br \/>\ndata of body<\/p>\n<p>audible inaudible<br \/>\nthe rhythm the rhythm of<br \/>\nspontaneous change<\/p>\n<p>letters spell out<\/p>\n<p>o b l i t e r a t e<\/p>\n<p>a jaw opens and closes<br \/>\ncarnal\/spiritual<\/p>\n<p>vigilant the babe sucking<\/p>\n<p>*<\/p>\n<p>On a giant computer<br \/>\nscreen vibrating subatomic<br \/>\nparticles shape<\/p>\n<p>the contours of a skull<\/p>\n<p>and in your<br \/>\nmammalian brain tendons<br \/>\nand nerves pulsate<\/p>\n<p>craving licking<br \/>\nburning chunks rupturing flesh<br \/>\ncinnamon cumin and honey<\/p>\n<p>five lambs<br \/>\nslaughtered for the feast<br \/>\ncarnal\/spiritual<\/p>\n<p>*<\/p>\n<p>Under an occult sky<br \/>\nof greens and yellows the tattoo<br \/>\nartist bites into an apple<\/p>\n<p>chewing and swallowing<br \/>\nmoisture and nutrients flow in<br \/>\nthe tattoo artist&#8217;s brain<\/p>\n<p>seized with jittery energy<\/p>\n<p>chewing and swallowing<br \/>\ninhaling exhaling a layer of skin<br \/>\nthe skin<\/p>\n<p>a montage of bite marks<\/p>\n<p>chewing and swallowing<br \/>\ninhaling exhaling the breath blowing<br \/>\nkisses along the digestive tract<\/p>\n<p>spirals of veins<br \/>\npulsate from mouth to rectum<br \/>\nblood in blood out<\/p>\n<p>seized with jittery energy<\/p>\n<p>chewing and swallowing<br \/>\ninhaling exhaling drawing zigzags<br \/>\nof black lines<\/p>\n<p>a layer of skin the skin<br \/>\nthe canvas absorbing sunlight<br \/>\ninhaling exhaling<\/p>\n<p>drawing zigzags<br \/>\nof black lines drawing a fetal skull<br \/>\nsprouting tooth buds<\/p>\n<p>the universe<br \/>\ncontains everything that exists<br \/>\nletters that spell out<\/p>\n<p>r u i n s c a p e<\/p>\n<p>*<\/p>\n<p>After waking<br \/>\nand lying down trust your<br \/>\ninstinctual senses<\/p>\n<p>disturbingly informative<\/p>\n<p>tears mucus<br \/>\nalbumen a goat smile<br \/>\non your lips<\/p>\n<p>*<br \/>\nLong ago<br \/>\nan hour ago only a minute<br \/>\nin the here and now<\/p>\n<p>in the zone<br \/>\ndiverging from a course<br \/>\nof events<\/p>\n<p>spirals of wind and fire<\/p>\n<p>layers of brown dust<\/p>\n<p>*<\/p>\n<p>Out of an ant hill<br \/>\ncurved like an embrace<br \/>\na waft of air<\/p>\n<p>and morning<br \/>\nto evening and evening<br \/>\nto morning<\/p>\n<p>audible inaudible<br \/>\nan unknown word letters<br \/>\nthat spell out<\/p>\n<p>A m f a t t e h r<\/p>\n<p>*<\/p>\n<p>The bones that form<br \/>\nthe Aardvark Venus rays of light<br \/>\npenetrate your fingers<\/p>\n<p>drawing black lines<br \/>\nspirals of muscles blood vessels<br \/>\na long cylindrical tongue<\/p>\n<p>biomorphic geomorphic<br \/>\npolymorphic corkscrews of white<br \/>\nsmoke<\/p>\n<p>slashes slashes of solar light<\/p>\n<p>*<\/p>\n<p>Long ago an hour ago<br \/>\nonly a minute a black line<br \/>\nshapes itself<\/p>\n<p>an image on a rock<br \/>\nsubatomic particles pulsate<br \/>\nthe universe contracts<\/p>\n<p>e x p a n d s<\/p>\n<p>*<\/p>\n<p>The warmest of mothers<br \/>\nmoves in circles massive her claws<br \/>\ndigging searching<\/p>\n<p>body of data data<br \/>\nof body the Aardvark Venus<br \/>\nher rabbitlike ears<\/p>\n<p>heating to the<br \/>\ntemperature of human skin<br \/>\na long cylindrical tongue<\/p>\n<p>work is a binding obligation<\/p>\n<p>blood in blood out<br \/>\nher breast vein as thick as a finger<br \/>\nmounds of sand appear<\/p>\n<p>disappear<br \/>\nlines of ants appear disappear<br \/>\na hissing sound<\/p>\n<p>suffer the Aardvark children<\/p>\n<p>*<\/p>\n<p>Listening to Willie Nelson<br \/>\nyou witness a lovely desert sunset<br \/>\na goat smile on your lips<\/p>\n<p>mounds of sand appear<br \/>\ndisappear and morning to evening<br \/>\nevening to morning<\/p>\n<p>9 breakfasts 5 lunches 6 dinners<\/p>\n<p>white the summer blossoms<br \/>\na girl in your arms hungry or thirsty<br \/>\neat and drink<\/p>\n<p>*<\/p>\n<p>On the wall of a cave<br \/>\nin the Sahara in a zone diverging<br \/>\nfrom a course of events<\/p>\n<p>disease famine torture war<\/p>\n<p>in a sacred refuge or a tomb<\/p>\n<p>Behold! the Aardvark Venus<\/p>\n<p>luminous the overlapping<br \/>\ncharcoal drawings charcoal fed<br \/>\nwith wind and fire<\/p>\n<p>charcoal fed with blood and sunlight<\/p>\n<p>*<\/p>\n<p>Earth Air Fire Water<\/p>\n<p>hormonal forces evoke<br \/>\nthe rhythm of spontaneous change<br \/>\ninhaling exhaling<\/p>\n<p>moisture and nutrients<br \/>\nflow through your mammalian brain<br \/>\ninhaling exhaling<\/p>\n<p>the universe contracts e x p a n d s<\/p>\n<p>seized with jittery energy<\/p>\n<p>inhaling exhaling<br \/>\nflexing contracting evoking<br \/>\nthe rhythm<\/p>\n<p>the rhythm of spontaneous change<\/p>\n<p>disease famine torture war<\/p>\n<p>rays of light<br \/>\npenetrate your vulva scrotum<br \/>\nsphincter<\/p>\n<p>illuminate your heart<br \/>\nyour hand cupping the little god<br \/>\nmounds of sand appear<\/p>\n<p>disappear<br \/>\nout of an ant hill curved<br \/>\nlike an embrace<\/p>\n<p>Earth Air Fire Water<\/p>\n<p>To look at the image of an Aardvark is to take a cosmic Rorschach test,<br \/>\nand like a cubist mural is both a microcosm and macrocosm.<br \/>\nYou understand intuitively \u2013 a Cartesian resolution of body and spirit. 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