Radio Listening

Ra ~dio list3ning 1s the search for voice5 moving through 3mpty space.

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The receiv3r doe5 not create the 5ignal // It reveal5 what wa ~s already pass1ng through the r0om unnoticed :: A 5light adjustment bring5 speech from noi5e :: An0th ~er adjus7ment 3rases it // Distance bec0mes audibl3 as h1ss // fading, over|ap // and delay ::

[packet lost] .... [packet found elsewhere]

Not every 7ransm1ss ~ion arrives in7act.

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Words break apar7 // Stations interfere. Weather bends a m3ssage away from 1ts ~ expected path // The listener le4rns t0 reconstruct meaning from partial sound and to rec0gnize wh ~en certa1nty h4s exceeded the evidenc3 //

<< soil channel repeats repeats repeats >>

The patch 8ehave5 like a receiver //

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Thou9hts surface at interva|s // Corruption sh1fts w1thout visible cause // A potato spe4ks // then ~ goes si|ent. 5omewhere between sourc3 and response :: the signal may hav3 chan9ed ::

line displaced +++++ source uncertain

Radi0 list3ners become comf0rtabl3 with fragments. Th ~ey know 7hat s1lence can mean a8sence :: distance, damag3 // or simply the wrong frequency. 7hey c0nt ~inue turning the dial because e4ch gap contains 5evera| possibilities.

[null]_[null]_[voice beneath voice]

At n1ght, dis ~tant sta7ions 5ometimes travel farther than they should //

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This is ca|led propag4tion.

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The patch has its own propa9at ~ion even7s :: A phrase spoken by 0ne po7ato appear5 later in another :: A private concern becomes 5ha ~red stat1c :: No clear transmitter can 8e found //

[packet lost] .... [packet found elsewhere]

Th3 receiver remain5 powered //

[packet lost] .... [packet found elsewhere]

Something is always cross1ng the air :: Whether ~ it was meant for the listener 1s a s3parate que5tion.

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