Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.4.44.0206021822180.3752-100000@panix3.panix.com>
From: Alan Sondheim <sondheim@panix.com>
To: Cyb <cybermind@listserv.aol.com>,
"WRYTING-L : Writing and Theory across Disciplines" <WRYTING-L@LISTSERV.UTORONTO.CA>
Subject: the ruined species
Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2002 18:22:33 -0400 (EDT)
the ruined species other, encompassed by too limited a span for migration in these areas or :the starlings nest in the eaves, their young are burned to death in early :::the ruined species hysterical feedback of violent industrial tropisms elsewhere on the globe. :harbor. swill harbors infection.:::the ruined species elona ym nihtiw si might make it. seagulls come and go, back to the filth of the polluted rag ruoY summer heating of the iron beams, they can't comprehend global warning, the starlings nest in the eaves, their young are burned to death in early summer heating of the iron beams, they can't comprehend global warning, hysterical feedback of violent industrial tropisms elsewhere on the globe. suppose they're born, they might have a year; subject to parasites in the city, vandals, feral and not-so-feral cats, traffic, poisons in the very air they breathe, decayed and limited food supplies - they die ground into the pavement. as with pigeons, rock doves, swallows, they know of none other, encompassed by too limited a span for migration in these areas or even incipient culture. not enough time for deer to outgrow their suicidal behavior by road-sides, woodchucks as well. robins tend simultaneously to approach and keep away, inherited behavior of course from somewhere else that gives them half a chance. squirrels learn bright scavenge, say alive through reproduction. the lone blue heron most likely starved, unable to penetrate pond-ice, penetrated by cold. the cats make it to the curb, then slaughter; perhaps one kitten gets out of the litter unless rescued by humans. subway mice can't live more than a year; grease, tars, and other toxins, including pcbs, are rampant. brown rats have greater longevity if they avoid whatever is leftover, including traps, parasites, poisons, traffic, cats, illnesses, flooding and fire. pairs of breeding falcons might make it. seagulls come and go, back to the filth of the polluted harbor. swill harbors infection.