The Grimoire of Expression
the dictionary of gibberish
THE GRIMOIRE OF EXPRESSION Speaking in tongues Cryptophasic glossolalia Impossible to translate Spirit speech and twin talk Hidden from the world. Known to only one or two The most exotic speech Existing not in time, But in consciousness. Voodoo syllables used to connect Words without signifiers Sentences without definitions Detritus of the temporal lobe Auditory but nonsensical. Common in religious conversion, ecstasy, Blessed isolation, angel communication The origins of gibberish heard in love Sounds that accompany astonishment. Infants speaking their mothers’ original names The appellation that only I know. The primal meaning lost to us through enculturation Through “mommy, daddy, me.” Exchange at the symbolic level where I am worth something A commodity, a relationship, a triangulation Crashing through the imaginary Shattering the autistic mirror With the command, “I will!” The sadistic imperative. © 2025 Stephanie M. Vargo
Language here breaks free from meaning and speaks from the body, feral, holy, and intimate. It reaches back to infancy, love, and belief, before words learned obedience. The ending strikes sharply, where speech turns into command and value, shattering the mirror with brutal clarity.
Ecstatic language is fascinating. The words forming as if whispered by angels.