NIJO Cenka

Vacuum Voice


In the vacuum of space,

there is no need to read the air.

If each of us carries our own oxygen tank,

breathing is easier

than it is on Earth.


But in the vacuum,

sound does not carry.

No matter how much the vocal cords tremble,

if there is no atmosphere to transmit that vibration,

a voice is powerless.


If so-

how can I call out

to your distant back, carrying your own tank?


That’s it-

turn it into a signal.

This trembling.



 *read the air : from Japanese “kuki o yomu” (空気を読む), meaning to sense unspoken social cues.


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NIJO Cenka

Vacuum Voice In the vacuum of space, there is no need to read the air. If each of us carries our own oxygen tank, breathing is easier than i...