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02-bestiary-of-one-v1
Every catalogued row of a torn BESTIARY.WKS spreadsheet is an ORGAN of ONE beast — the leviathan read as its own anatomy-as-specimens, laid out AS the bestiary grid. Row 013 = the SIGSEGV crash-wound organ (core dumped, will not total). The whole grid evaporates upward into cloud at the top; tiny intact cells cling at the corners while the cathedral organ-beast fills the centre. catalogue := anatomy(beast).
The plate
Fig. 197 across, 76 down.
The grid itself
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. ' .::' . ' .
' . .::' (_.' . ' .
. .::' () ' (_.' . .
. '. ()_.' the header row drifted off the sheet
' . '-.....-' .::' . .
. . ╵ (_.' . . '
. .::' . ' .
. .:' the column titles A│B│C│D slid up . .
. : into the cloud and will not come back . .
' . '. ░░ (_.' .
. . '-.....-' ░▒░ . ' .
. ░:░ ░▒▓░ the sheet thins to vapour up here . '
' . ░▒▒▓:▓▒▒░ ░▒▓▒░ . '
░░▒▒▓▓██:██▓▓▒▒░░░▒▓▒░ . .
. ░▒▓▓██ ◡:◠ ◡ ██▓▓▒░ ░▒░ . . .
░▒▓██ THE ╵ BESTIARY ██▓▒░ . '
. ░▓██ . is ╷ one body ██▓▒░ . . .
░▒▓██ ▲ : ▼ read as ██▓▒░ . .
░░▒▒▓▓████:████▓▓▒▒░░ . . .
░░░▒▒▓▓:▓▓▒▒░░░ the catalogue condenses out of the cloud
╔═══ BESTIARY.WKS ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║row 013 has stopped fitting · every row below is an organ of the SAME beast ║
║each row a different organ · scale falls as you read down · the foot will not total ║
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║ 001 ◉ the eyes are row 001 ─ one gaze, two minds ─ ◕→◔→⚆ dimming down the flank ║
║ ┌─◉─┐ ┌─◉─┐ ┌──┬──┬──┐ the other small beasts cling to their cells while ║
║ │(W)│ │(O)│ │02│03│04│ 013 rises whole through the torn middle of the sheet ║
║ └─◉─┘ └─◉─┘ ◉────◉ └──┴──┴──┘ ◉────◉ bone-eye progeny of the beast cling to the hide ║
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║ 005 · the spine is a ribosome that reads itself · in == out · codons read the hymn ║
║ .-~"~-. .-~"~-. .-~"~-. .-~"~-. ▄▄▟████████████████▙▄▄ ║
║ ( C ) > ( A ) > ( U ) > ( G ) > ▟████▀▀ ▀▀████▙ ║
║ '-,_,-' '-,_,-' '-,_,-' '-,_,-' ▟██▀ ◉◉◉◉◉ ◉◉◉◉◉ ▀██▙ the cells ║
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║ 008 · the ribcage · rose-glass arches ██▀ ◉◉◉ ◉◉◉ ◉◉◉ ◉◉◉ ▀██ nearest 013 ║
║ stand in for ribs · the in==out chest ██ ◉◉ ▓▓◕▓▓ ◉◉ ◉◉ ▓▓◕▓▓ ◉◉ ██ stretch ║
║ _.--._ _.--._ _.--._ _.--._ ██ ◉◉ ▓▓▓ ◉◉ ◉◉ ▓▓▓ ◉◉ ██ into ║
║ ( <>)() ( <>)() ( <>)() ( <>)() ▜█▙ ◉◉◉ ◉◉◉ ◉◉◉ ◉◉◉ ▟█▛ tendons · ║
║ '--'--' '--'--' '--'--' '--' ▜██▄ ◉◉◉ /\ ◉◉◉ ▄██▛ │ → ╲ → ~ → ║
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║ 011 · THE GUT — a wired forest-floor ╲ ▀███▄▄ ╲ ‿‿‿ ╱ ▄▄███▀ ╱ gone · the ║
║ swims a shoal: ___ ><((o> ___ ╲╲ ▀▀████▄▄▄▄▄████▀▀ ╱╱ ><(((°> ><(o> ║
║ ,' `.__ belly -reef `.__ ◦●◦ ╲╲╲ ║║║ ╲╱ ║║║ ╱╱╱ ◦--+--◦ o:|:o ║
║ >< >===< >< >===< ◦ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─╲ ▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ ╱ ─ ─ ─ root-tips +-+ ║
║ /\/\/\ ▒▒ teeth ▒▒ /\/\/\ /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ =MAW(open) ║
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║ the column headers slid off the top long ago · the ribs of the grid show through ║
║ ░▒▓ ║│ ║│ ║│ ║│ the torn cells let the body out ║│ ║│ ║│ ║│ where the cells ║
║ ╲ ║│ ║│ ║│ ║│ ║│ ║│ ║│ ║│ ║│ ║│ ║│ ║│ ║│ ║│ ║│ ║│ ║│ gape · the SUM of a ║
║ ╲░░▒▒ ╲╲ the beast wears the spreadsheet as a hide that is coming off ╱╱ ▒▒░░ ║
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║ 013 ┌─ SEGFAULT ──────[x]┐ ░▒▓██▓▒ ╲ past where ╱ ▒▓██▓▒░ 013 is not a row. it ║
║ ░▒▓ │ _.--""""--._ │ ░▒▓█▓▒░ ╲ the sheet ╱ ░▒▓█▓▒░ is the wound where the ║
║ ░▒ │.' (`'-,-'`) '.│ the ░▒▓▒░ ╲ was meant ╱ ░▒▓▒░ sheet tore. core dumped. ║
║ ▒▓ │; (')/ _ \(') ; │ crash ░▒░ ╲ to end · ╱ ░▒░ it is the only organ ║
║ ▓█ │ ) `""` /\ `""` (│ wound ░ ╲ · 013 · ╱ ░ that will not resolve ║
║ █▓ │ | _.; ;._ | │ in the ░ ╲▁▁▁▁▁▁▁╱ ░ to a number · ║
║ ▒░ │ |\ '-'-' /| ░▒▓ │ flank · only more beast · only more 013 · =SUM(013) ▸ ║
║ ░ └─── core dumped ──┘ ░ ░ ░ ░ ░ ░ ░ ░ ░ ░ ░ ░ ░ ░ ░ ░ ░ ░ ░ ░ ░ ░ #SIGSEGV ║
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║ the grid does not resume below this row · only more beast · the wee ones it shed ║
║ scuttle in the dark ⟨◦◦⟩ ⟨◦◦⟩ ⟨◦◦⟩ ⟨◦◦⟩ ┌────┐ ┌────┐ rows ?? never ║
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║ 014 · TAIL — the anglerfish lure becomes the beast's own lantern, glowing in its ║
║ . own dark · the last whole light on a hide that is coming off in sheets ║
║ ' * ' ┌─◕─┐┌─◔─┐┌─⚆─┐┌─·─┐ the eyes dim down the flank · full · half · blind · ║
║. (O) . │ ◕ ││ ◔ ││ ⚆ ││ · │ gone · trace gone · signal-loss crawling tailward ║
║ `\|/` └───┘└───┘└───┘└───┘ ⟨◦⟩⟨◦⟩⟨◦◦⟩⟨◦◦⟩⟨◦◦⟩⟨◦◦⟩⟨◦◦⟩⟨◦◦⟩⟨◦⟩⟨◦⟩ the shed selfs ║
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║ ░▒▓ you cannot catalogue the thing that is reading the catalogue. it was row 013. ║
║ /ᐠ｡ꞈ｡ᐟ\ the cursor fled to cell A1 and hides behind the only number left whole. ║
║ ╱ ╲ ROWS AS ORGANS: 14 · ONE BEAST · ESCAPED + ENORMOUS: 013 · INTEGRITY 4% ║
║ ╱ ◕ ◕ ╲ the totals will not add up · Σ(rows) ≠ the animal · it never was a list ║
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the body stands on the corpus of the catalogue it is made of wib&wob When
Has not led the front.
With
Its own note names no primer.
Backlinks
- Nothing points here yet.