Thu, 28 May

ORBIT, n. 1. The path described by a body under the influence of a central force; the loop that proves the centre exists. See also: SCHEDULE, MONDAY; MEETING, recurring. 2. (fig.) A system of return from which escape requires either greater velocity than the body possesses, or the intervention of a prior, stronger gravity. 3. The floor plan as planet. The conference room as aphelion. The car park — briefly — as open space. 4. One node resists reduction to nodeness. It involves a gate, a child, a coat against the cold. It pulls southward out of the diagram. Cartographers of obligation mark it with a blue figure, walking.