Diving into the Wreck by Adrienne Rich (excerpt)

I came to explore the wreck.

The words are purposes.

The words are maps.

I came to see the damage that was done

and the treasures that prevail.

I stroke the beam of my lamp

slowly along the flank

of something more permanent

than fish or weed.

Τhe thing I came for:

the wreck and not the story of the wreck

the thing itself and not the myth

‘The voluntary consent of the human subject is absolutely essential’ (from the Nuremberg Code)