Alan Sondheim on Sat, 26 May 2001 01:28:46 +0200 (CEST) |
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<nettime> discourse and reflexive text of america::: |
- discourse and reflexive text of america::: :::i turn to you because i've no other way to write, respond;nd; i'm in despair;ir; this is a closed text;xt; it wants to be open;en; it wants your residue;ue; this is a reflexive text;xt; it's self-referential;al; it mixes its residue with your own;wn; it's open the way a membrane is open;en; it filters in and filters out;ut; it's allowing you in;in; it's in the guise of meaning;ng; it's proposing meaning: this sort of meaning which can ascertain itself;lf; this tendency towards place:: everything seems so old around here:::this is the discourse of america::: everything seems so old around here:: i can't remember what i wrote yesterday;ay; it's already slotted;ed; allotted;ed; it's a fast-forward american writing;ng; it's a gaping maw;aw; it's a gaping hole;le; everything that ever was or will be falls in;in; everything falls into a place;ce; doesn't fall into place;ce; i turn to you to take action;on; recover our civil liberties;es; respond and write;te; end our despair;ir; open our texts;ts; america wants them closed;ed; america filters and mixes;es; america's closed the way a membrane is closed:: everything seems so old around here::: :: everything seems so old around here:: poisons pollute the atmosphere:: everyone speaks and there's no one to hear:: america's gripped by enormous fear:: it scuttles and breaks every frontier:: the rest of the world looks with a sneer:: i don't remember what i wrote yesterday;ay; what i wrote last night;ht; i don't remember where i was this morning;ng; i don't know what i'm wearing now (i can look);k); MISERY!;Y!; this is a world to bring to an end;nd; it /has the convex hull close to the horizon that exists within measurable space;ce; don't forget the space;ce; writing beneath the aegis of ghosts;ts; emanations;ns; emanants: amerika where are you:: violate all age and antiquity:: no time for historiography:: my analysis equivalent to yours: better than your own:: better than yours; imminence:: this is the reflexive text of america::::: i turn to you because i've no other way to write, respond;nd; i'm in antiquity:: no time for historiography:: my analysis equivalent to yours: better than yours; better than your own:: diamond-cut:: perfection and solution of all problems:: imminence:: this is the reflexive text of america::::: _ # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: majordomo@bbs.thing.net and "info nettime-l" in the msg body # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nettime@bbs.thing.net