fifth bridge

BOOK II
DEATH OF A SUPERFIGURE

fifth bridge

17

we are convex
we're all backwards
the straight lines are lost, the U-turn
no more, like the first number
in the program code line and
linearity
the existence of
zeros and ones, magic mountains
that we only see in fairy tales


18

the program has fulfilled its patent
it has proved its willlessness
it flashed in the river as a fish
she left the Ship of the Wharf
all the people disappeared like an archaic typeface
and the eternal Excel spreadsheet
Laughs at us like a burialist


19

the particles shifted
atoms have failed
war is not possible without peace
salvation is in your notebook
bet your life on red, like the Oracle
choose black, like the Hacker of the Heavenly Pentagon
Europe, were the bulls looking for you
when they went to the Land of the Unfortunate?


20

neon as a paved path to freedom
porn ads, suicide sites
we chose this drug of our own choosing...
billions of unnecessary monitors, discarded words
overboard all the meanings we're looking for
the symbols, they're signs
they take over our name
they erase us from the database
human existence, 21st century, 2023
the crossbar into inevitability