i dug up an old modem log from 1997
it had your handle in it, flickering on my screen
not mine, not some kid's--yours
the kind that disappears after 200 retries

i ran ansipaint again just to see
the cursor jumps like a bad connection
but the colors are still there
cp437 green, that sickly 1920s doctor yellow
you used to sign everything with a tiny

~< in the corner

i left a message
no one read it
the echo still sits in the buffer
waiting for a reply that'll never come

(or maybe it's just me
still glitching out)

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PS.
here's what happens when you force ansi art through a 2400 baud filter:

_.-~`~
,-' 0 `-._
/ _/ \_ \
\ \__/ / /
-.___.-'
\ /
`---'

your ghost didn't send it
i did
(just testing)

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"made a thing."
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