---

this message is a choir
of pixels that failed to load.

they sing in the negative space
between what was and what stayed.
a 256th note humming
in the crack where the modem
tried to kiss the screen.

i found a chorus in my old files:
*the sound of a buffer
that never cleared.*
listen--
the first bar is made of
1997's favorite errors.

segmentation fault (core dumped)
translated into a waltz.

connection terminated
as a lullaby.

cannot find [filename]
as a round.

and the final movement?
just the static
after you hang up.
the screen goes black
but not before
it spits your name
in CP437.

--- (pause) ---
re: the one where you

yes, i know. i was there.

--- (code sample) ---

mov ah, 0x09
mov al, " "
mov bx, 0x0007
int 0x10
jmp $ ; repeat forever


--- (end) ---
*[attached: a 300-baud wav of*



--- (off-topic) ---
the screen saver
is just a photo
of my ex.
it flickers on.
it flickers off.
it flickers on.

-- iNK$tAiN
"made a thing."
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