Toward the Atlantic Ocean, Africa
The front of the human head cut off
at the shoulders and leaning forward to kiss
Europe, Thrace and the Black Sea regions
a young girl in a long dress
Britain, Scandinavia
who stretches her hand back
to attract a leaping cat.
Earth, the two oceans, the American continent
In the other half of Volva the brightness
is more widely diffused;
South America, Nicaragua, Yucatán, Popayán
you might call it the outline of a bell
hanging from a rope and swinging westward.
What lies above and below
can’t be likened to anything.
Somnium by Johannes Kepler, 1608.
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