NaPoWriMo 2023 Day 3: Complex Conjugates

For once today I didn't feel as if I was about to die from trying to poem, which is good! The prompt was actually rather enjoyable, which is also good (after translating some of the worst-written webnovel chapters in the world, my brain has ceased to function in any capacity except as a pile of quivering tapioca goop.)

Prompt: Find a shortish poem that you like, and rewrite each line, replacing each word (or as many words as you can) with words that mean the opposite.

The poem I decided to modify was Vijay Seshadri's beautifully-written "Imaginary Number." I almost feel bad I modified it, because it's really such a wonderful piece! I had to look up mathematical terms (it's been ages since I touched any advanced math) but I count that as 'fascinating research.'

Imaginary Number
Vijay Seshadri
 
The mountain that remains when the universe is destroyed
is not big and is not small.
Big and small are
 
comparative categories, and to what
could the mountain that remains when the universe is destroyed
be compared?
 
Consciousness observes and is appeased.
The soul scrambles across the screes.
The soul,
 
like the square root of minus 1,
is an impossibility that has its uses.

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And here is mine!

Complex Conjugates

   The mountain that vanishes when the universe is reborn
is not microscopic and is not megalithic.
Microscopic and megalithic are
 
not comparative collectives, and to what
could the mountain that vanishes when the universe is reborn
be compared?
 
The subconscious closes its eyes, unappeased.
The body sloths under the rock shards and broken pebbles.
The body,
 
unlike the perfect square of 1,
is a possibility that is perfectly useless here.