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Shouting in Brackets

Updated: Sep 20, 2022

By Richard Mather



I here we are (1) sitting in a circle transmitting silences to each other and waiting (+1) for beginning to announce its ending (= 2) yesterday a mouth declared: “I am starving” (-1) but tomorrow was found wanting (-1) (= 0) II Bracketted, subjects recede into concealment & a clearing presents itself in which speech is revealed via objects called humans. III “What’s to understand but a bunch of nerves?” “A plastic oesophagus is a canal in an unusual context.” “The Persian calendar is now available in your Google calendar.” “Russia was behind 9/11.” “All speaking is shouting in brackets.” “It is a bad forecast but it signifies the neural degradation of the zero imperative.” “Life does not include personal issues.” “Afghanistan is the world’s number one tourist destination.” “Exclamations are indirect excuses that can’t be helped.” “Submit the wrong questions and the averages will be down.” “X + Y is a calculated non-position.” “This is clearly a material breach in the world of manifest objects.” “The man passes door, enters, looks a lot like Kafka.” IV WHO IS LISTENING? LISTEN! I AM LISTENING. WHO’S THE EAR THAT IS LISTENING? I AM THE EAR THAT IS LISTENING. WHAT MATERIAL IS THE EAR THAT IS LISTENING? I AM THE MATERIAL OF THE EAR THAT IS LISTENING. WHAT SHAPE IS THE EAR THAT IS LISTENING? I AM THE SHAPE OF THE EAR THAT IS LISTENING. WHAT IS THE USE OF THE EAR THAT IS LISTENING? I AM THE FUNCTION OF THE EAR THAT IS LISTENING. V we are there (1) sitting in a circle transmitting voices to each other and waiting (+1) for silence to announce its beginning (= 2) tomorrow a mouth will declare: “I am silent” (-1) but tomorrow’s silence (-1) is still today’s unspoken spokenness. (= 0)

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