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indef. spider ACC fractal-translucent appos. complex_web-infinite spin.3N PRES.CONT | indef. spider ACC fractal-translucent appos. complex_web-infinite spin.3N PRES.CONT | ||
- | and city late_autumn DAT storm-winter-first appos.-to_be await.3N | ||
cross-section GEN water-opaque LOC suspending-headspace hang.3N | cross-section GEN water-opaque LOC suspending-headspace hang.3N | ||
REL wheels-neon ACC trend ride.PRES.IPFV (appos.) downturn economy | REL wheels-neon ACC trend ride.PRES.IPFV (appos.) downturn economy | ||
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A spider endlessly spins a fractalic web | A spider endlessly spins a fractalic web | ||
in the | in the late-autumn city that awaits the first winter storm. | ||
The cross-section of | The cross-section of cloudy water hang above; | ||
here I | here I, with many others, ride on wheels of neon the trend of economic downturn | ||
clutching an electron gun to make a diffraction of someone's face. | clutching an electron gun to make a diffraction of someone's face. | ||
Against the sky where birds rot away mid-flight, | Against the sky where birds rot away mid-flight, | ||
we used to dine at the end of the waves, inside walls of fused blades. | we used to dine at the end of the waves, inside walls of fused blades. | ||
Before that it [this place] was a painted-over gate where a homeless man spent his days and nights, | Before that it [this place] was a painted-over gate where a homeless man spent his days and nights, | ||
and before that relaxed diners [I remember] from my childhood, but | and before that relaxed diners [I remember] from my childhood, but the city has since forgotten them. | ||
Now all the fervent surveillence cameras turn to one point in the plastic arena. | |||
Nobody will answer cries for help; here pain has no significance outside the brain. | |||
As easy music drowns out the dying wailing around me, | As easy music drowns out the dying wailing around me, | ||
I shut my mass-produced eyes and connect the dots: one, two, three. | I shut my mass-produced eyes and connect the dots: one, two, three. | ||
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uqcari: uq- "of the mind", -cari "network", contraction of ''carsapi'' | uqcari: uq- "of the mind", -cari "network", contraction of ''carsapi'' | ||
³ An electron emitter used in diffraction demonstrations | ³ An electron emitter used in diffraction demonstrations | ||
⁴ When these relaxed diners I mention here still existed, the PST.PFV form of verbs was | ⁴ When these relaxed diners I mention here still existed, the PST.PFV form of Hwnic verbs was to suffix -''pn'', part of a deprecated system now superseded with auxiliary verbs. | ||
</pre> | </pre> | ||
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