In semiotics, a sign is “something that stands for something else, to someone in some capacity”. It may be understood as a discrete unit of meaning, and includes words, images, gestures, scents, tastes, textures, sounds – essentially all of the ways in which information can be communicated as a message by any sentient, reasoning mind to another. Wikipedia, 11th August, 2009.
In memory of Jane Taylor, 19 October 1958- 9th August 2009.
Don’t take this as a sign
that I grow maudlin
My misery is attributable
to specific time
fixed space
the fluidity and lightness of my interaction
with the world
nailed
abruptly,
to a moment encapsulated.
She
died.
the neutral neural mind
absorbs the signifier
and
retrieves
the termination
of relational involvement
tearful heat of
those close
excruciating torment
as free- falling grief
commences
And tries hard to reject
the words
to rewrite
the signified
to revisit
the youthful, juvenille self
who could have made more
if she’d only
known.
