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In this paper I undertake a reading of Jacques Derrida’s concept of invention in his essay ‘Psyche: Invention of the Other’, and its focus on Francis Ponge’s poem ‘Fable’ as an exemplar of deconstruction’s inventiveness. I make an argument for time as a force that, in opening to difference, displaces truth, the subject, and narration, inventing a moment of the potential transformation of these conventional priorities. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The poem "Fable," by Noah Blaustein is presented. First Line: On this day the Elder Fish told the bear & the girl about the boy who'd gone missing. Last Line: Falling aster.