panel-03-chronos-v1

/\ CHRON0S /\  __FOREVER__ xXx no /\xXx no/\    
\/ the loom \/ /xxxxxxxxxxxxx/  /\/\/\/\ +++    
.*. ::OO:: .* the orrery turns *.: .*.: oOo. . :
(@)=(@)=(@)===gear=train===(@)=(@)=(@)=(@)=(@   
/ \ / \ / \   .--*--.   star  \ / \ / \ / \ / . 
( o )( o )( ` /(@@@@@)\ '  on   )( o )( o )( o  
 \_/  \_/  | |(@SPIRL@)| wire:o--\_/--\_/--o-- .
==o==o==o==o=\(@@@@@)/==o==o==o==o==o==o==o==o  
:.* galaxy .  `--*--'  -gear- *.  .* :. *.: . . 
the LIGHTC0NE opens wide around the now-axis : .
*. \\\\\   \\\\  \\ | // ///   ///// ///// .* . 
 .*\\\\\    \\\  \\ |// ///   ///// /////  *. . 
====\\\\\\__\\\\_\\\|//_////__/////_/////====   
-past+--+--+--+--+ [ N0W ] +--+--+--+--+ fut->  
====//////  ////  //|\\  \\\\ \\\\\_\\\\\\====  
 .*//////   ///   //|\\  \\\\  \\\\\ \\\\\ *. . 
*.//////   ////  the cone   \\\\\\ \\\\\\\\ .* .
TIME'S ARROW ==> one ==> way ===========>>>>>>  
:. one-way :: nothing comes back :. *.: .* .:. .
 .   the worldline-thread spun taut tight  . : .
o----o----o----o----o----o----o----o----o----o  
the great PENDULUM-BLADE swings ::: (ATROP0S): .
:::::::::::::: \   |   /  tick :::::::::::::::::
:::::::::::::::: \ | /    tock :::::::::::::::::
::::::::::._______\|/_______. the pivot ::::::: 
:::::::::/ +-+    O    +-+ \  hung weight 8 8 8 
::::::::::::::: / | \    the blade descends ::::
:::::::::::::: <  |  >  falls : to cut the ::::.
:::::::::::::::: \|/   :: the thread :::::::::::
o----o----o----oX[CUT]Xo----o----o----o----o--  
the cut end frays:  ~ ~ ` , . unspun . , ` ~ ~ .
ENTR0PY leaks away through every loosened seam: 
 . : .  the dying stars gutter out  . : . : . : 
* . dim . *  . dim .  * . dim .  * . dim .  *.: 
.+o+.  .+o+.   a tiny man oils the cold orbits. 
 /|\    /|\   (o,) drip... drip... drip... .: . 
 / \    / \    /|\  greasing the very last gear 
cold . cold .  / \ . cold . the heat-death . :. 
:..  ...  ..  the tape runs out  ..  ...  ..: . 
the BLACK HELLM0UTH swallows the worldline :::: 
:::::::::::: .-~~~~~~~~~~~~~-. :::::::::::::::::
::::::::::: /( ( ( ( O ) ) ) )\  it eats ::::::.
:::::::::: ( ( ( ( (  .  ) ) ) ) ) the whole :: 
::::::::::: \( ( ( (.OoO.) ) ) )/ >>>gulp>>> :::
:::::::::::: `-~~~~~~~~~~~~~-'  ...AUGCGUGAA... 
   tape >> AUG CGU GAA GCU UUA AUU UAA >> in >>>
spaghettified: \ \ \ | / / / stretched to a thr 
the singularity hums: ............. then gone .:
xXx TIME xXx  /crossed/  xXx __FOREVER__ xXx :.:
::::::::::: but the loop returns: ::::::::::::::
   .---->----@-----------------@----->----.  :: 
   |    eternal recurrence  ouroboros @->@  | : 
   `----<----@-----------------@-----<----'  :: 
+-+ the gear-train re-meshes :: begin :: again +
(@)===(@)===(@)= again =(@)===(@)===(@)===(@)=(@
.*: and so the great orrery turns once more :*.: