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Last Riff


Pounding each key

like a Fender Rhodes

the computer bent and wailed

Bits and bytes

of encrypted language

messages derailed

 

Memory freezes

last chance rebooted

restart zero-sum

The riff uncapped

its printout fading

—typeface on the run

 

(The New Room: 8/6/2023)

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