Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.4.44.0211191557240.5218-100000@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: prey
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 15:57:34 -0500 (EST)
prey i write always with textual prey, subject matter; i write what is essen- tial to me, that is, of the nature of the being or fit of the world - outside of this i'm weak, comatose, tongue-tied - within it i am dictated - i live sometimes in the house of unix - i want to know where i am - what's happening there - it's a home i share with others - these commands which are single-valued, monotonic - descriptors of the landscape/langue-scape - w / who / whoami - the speakers, self, community, active agents - ls - what's here, what's in my vicinity - pwd - what's right here, where am i - date - at this time netstat - what's distance, what's happening out there - top - what's closer, what's happening in here - df / du - the size of the place - yes - primordial process - cd - going home exit - leaving it then the place - the moment and inhabitation of the place - others near and far - when the world explodes, they'll be all that remains - they'll have gone to - electricity out - dead wires, not enough batteries - dead satellites - burned-out fiber-optic - you'll see - for a moment - ===