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From: Alan Sondheim <sondheim@panix.com>
To: Cyb <cybermind@listserv.wvu.edu>, Wryting-L <WRYTING-L@listserv.wvu.edu>
Subject: ISIS NEWFLAG
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2014 13:37:50 -0400 (EDT)
ISIS NEWFLAG http://www.alansondheim.org/isisflag.png http://www.alansondheim.org/isisflag.mp4 A new flag for ISIS. A cross turned, kindly bent to let the bodies down, perhaps an arm remains, propping the rest of the weight. the wounded. Perhaps an X, sign of belonging, gratitude to the beautiful clean world. There are no animals here. Perhaps an X which itself moves in violence, the focus of someone else's dream: it was the land and its god which did the dreaming. Perhaps an occlusion of solar light, a moment's cooling. But a new flag, new allure, new days and new bodies. The allure of the X as well, a new flat for the taking, copyright patent NEWFLAG, new bodies, worlds to conquer. New: forms of torture, ransom, violence, pillage. New: nations, cleansings, war machines, prisons. New: religions new-day dawning, new controls. New: cleansed women, children. New: thanks be to God. Thanks be to God. HE almighty. Thanks be to God. Perhaps an X, carved, above or through the eyes.