Genji Monogatari: The Shell of the Locust

Signal bits stored
in the pulsating circular
patterns of the fan
blades determine the
relationships between
speech & writing. Else-
where, grazed or
ungrazed pasture
is immaterial to the
rise of prairie dog
communities & the
storage of words in
long-term memory. She
read Derrida—nothing
else to do through
the long twilight
hours—& thought about
the mystical character
of the fetish, a garrulous
mute made from black
wool, lapt about with
black silk & tied at
the top in a pony-
tail. Semiotics no
longer depends on
logic. The only insecticides
which might make a
difference are banned.