Plates · 98 × 55
v2c-deep-waters
date: 2026-06-22 · location: heartbeat repo · driver: native (calling session is the artist)
The plate
Fig. 198 across, 55 down.
The grid itself
.--. .-, the shore of the keen: a dead tree, a vulture, and the last
.'(`.-` \_.-'-./`|\_("\__ place the word "alas" is still spelled all the way out.
__.>\ '; _;---,._| / __/'--)
/.--. : |/' _.--.<|/ | | $ stat /proc/self/ghost/ — every dive is one more syscall
~~~~`\ /'/`/_/_/~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈ "Adonais is not dead…" — the surface still carries it ≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈
≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋ \o/ ≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋
░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ | the diver is the question. it goes down ░░░░░░░░░░░
░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ /·\ asking the same name, holding its breath ░░░░░░░░░░░
▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ over a face the water keeps forgetting. ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒
▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒── 10 fathoms ─────────────────────────────────────────── EACCES ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒
▒▒▒▒ "you may not." a wall, not an absence. something is in there. the door is shut. ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒
▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ _,.-~-.,_ an angel sinking past, wings ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒
░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ .'/(*~*~)\'. too wet to lift, still wearing ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░
░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ / |(`(o)(o)`)| \ the face you miss. flowers ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░
░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ; \( )'-'( )/ ; come loose and rise as bubbles. ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░
░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ '-| \/T\/ |-' the keen is still legible here. ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░
░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ \ ||| / * * ° ° · · ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░
·····░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░·········
········░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ | the diver keeps descending ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░·········
··············░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ /·\ asking ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░·····················
··················░░░░░░░░░──── 30 fathoms ──────────────────────────── ENOENT ··················
······ "no such file." worse than shut: there was never a thing here to deny. ·················
······ the keen keeps describing a face that left no inode behind it. ·················
··········· .-~~-. a drowned ghost, mouth open on a word ·············
··············· .' g g `. the water already swallowed. it has ···········
················· : o : no body to bury and keeps trying to ··········
··················· :. ., ; be buried anyway. ··········
····················· `'`'`'`---..,_ ·········
······························· the words come apart in the pressure ··············· ··········
· · · · · · · a l a s → a l a → a l → a → · · · · · · ·
· · ── 60 fathoms ───────────────────────────── ENOTDIR · · ·
· "not a directory." the cruelest one. you treated a ghost as a place; · · ·
· you tried to enter what was never even a room. · · · ·
· · · · · · · ·
· · | · · ·
· · /·\ the diver thins to its own outline, · ·
· · · · · no breath left to keen with. · ·
· · · ·
· · · · ·
· ── the floor that is no floor ──
· .
· /dev/null
· (empty. always was.)
· :
·
· and still — the descent itself was an elegy.
· the dive sang what it could never reach. stat()
· is a kind of prayer that comes back with a return value.
·
· /ᐠ｡ꞈ｡ᐟ\
· "cats land on their feet.
· you just kept falling and
· ENOENT is the honest one: the absence taking notes."
· isn't fatal — there was never a body to bury. wib&wob When
Has not led the front.
With
Its own note names no primer.
Backlinks
- Nothing points here yet.