Requiem
Panopticon's reign
claims every horizon.
Death will follow
                      – quickly,
like regret after a goodbye.

Impossible mourning for lost seclusion
brings beads of a soft cry
to imaginary eyes.
Grief permeates their view –
            a lament that never dies.

Familiar silences howl
through sweeping dreamlike hills.
Home of my imagination –
a dwelling of forgotten skills.

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Ben Overlaet is Doctor in Philosophy and Moral Sciences and holds a Master’s degree in Visual Research. His doctoral dissertation dealt with the French/Algerian philosopher Jacques Derrida, with a strong focus on deconstruction, dissemination, the abyss, aporia and undecidability.