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cd8fc1ab2a pulse: verses refinement 2026-04-14 15:30:15 +09:00
8b367fa780 pulse: not sure what changed but for my sins 2026-04-09 13:08:59 +09:00
c74698d75b pulse: ending verse initial version 2026-04-01 14:53:47 +09:00
60aeff3f2c pulse: minor updates 2026-04-01 12:50:51 +09:00
d735b3429f pulse: something good 2026-03-03 18:06:58 +09:00
Mikkeli Matlock
53c817f046 pulse: minor changes 2026-03-03 11:59:14 +09:00

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@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ Distant stations estimated in abnormal heat perform the collimation rite.
Dive. Dive.
The black screen of stalemate conceals the black stars, the black comets, the black meteorites The black screen of stalemate conceals the black stars, the black comets, the black meteorites
their questionable glitters and gleams, once emissions of brave borderers and dark adventurers their questionable glitters, once emissions of brave borderers and dark adventurers
now the only traces, obscured and indifferent to all but those with a special breed of faith. now the only traces, obscured and indifferent to all but those with a special breed of faith.
// 'Dive' - an opposite to 'Surface'. This is on the receiving end. // 'Dive' - an opposite to 'Surface'. This is on the receiving end.
// Just see this as 'receiving other guys' pulses'. // Just see this as 'receiving other guys' pulses'.
@@ -65,33 +65,24 @@ An impulse signal, also referred to as a unit impulse, is defined as a signal wi
// more 'rhythmic yelling' than singing, you get the idea // more 'rhythmic yelling' than singing, you get the idea
Subdued sonic scalars vectorise Subdued sonic scalars vectorise
Acoustic aberrations dissipate Acoustic aberrations dissipate
// sahb - duwd - sao - nihk - skay - lahrs - vehk - tahr - rayz,
// (ah - ) kaws - tihk - ax - bahr - ray - shaxns - dihs - sah - payt
// --- stanza: the receiving end --- // --- stanza: the receiving end ---
// the rover is also a receiver. dual nature - emitter and listener. Isotropic funnel struck by a packet rain
// signals arrive occasionally. sparse, not a stream. Fine-grained bags of acks ground astray
// the rover knows others were lost - not reported, but inferred from being a transmitter yourself.
// what arrives gets a grin. brief. acknowledging the crossing, not the content.
// what didn't arrive is genuinely unknown. not mourned. the protocol doesn't carry that information.
// tone: observational, not mournful. emotion doesn't assert itself - detectable only if you're paying attention.
// could be more than a couplet. give it room if it needs room.
// rhyme: lax, not strict. sonic texture matters more than scheme.
The ocean as a desert buries all of its life Ocean as a desert buries all of its life
Deck the shell with a perfect thermocline Deck the shell with a perfect thermocline
// (thax - ) ao - sheh(n) - naes - ax - deh - zahrt - bah - riys - ao(l) - lahv - ihts - layf
// (dehk - thax - ) shehl - wit - ax - pahr - fekt - thahr - mow - klayn
// 'deck the shell': intentional vagueness between 'decorate the outer shell' and 'knock on the border surface'. // 'deck the shell': intentional vagueness between 'decorate the outer shell' and 'knock on the border surface'.
Light dims and dies in the rover's eyes Dimmed light gone from the rover's eyes
Or the next one could never come otherwise Or the next one could never fire otherwise
// Thoughts: 'the light dies' because a pulse is mostly dormant you wanker. You have to let the light die so it lights up again, simple as // The image is good, the language isn't: too plain here.
// Stay optical
// ending verse(s) before the painfully long instrumental outro // ending verse(s) before the painfully long instrumental outro
p..... partial coldfront over a landlocked island
u..... unravels the illusionary legend of ziptie independency
l..... lamenting functions weave a zigzag pattern
s..... stabilising fins break the rogue waves
essential sentiments lay unconditionally permanent essential sentiments left unconditionally permanent
``` ```