A reading, flown

AFFECTONAUT

af·fec·to·naut n. /əˈfɛk·tə·nɔːt/ a voyager through affect — the emotional intensity, bodily response and atmosphere a poem stirs in its reader, as distinct from its strict intellectual meaning. From affect + Greek nautēs, a sailor.

A poem scrolls past in its true shape on the page. You fly through it — no shooting, no enemies. Your position is your reading. Two flights, two questions, one control. Then your flightpath meets a critic's, and the arguments begin.

Slow down for the hard lines. Speed is not a virtue here.

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