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. ┌── TRANSLATION ENGINE No.04 ╴╴╴ a body, attempted ╴╴╴╴╴╴╴╴╴╴╴╴╴╴╴╴╴╴╴╴╴ PLATE 0440 ──────────────┐ │ one strand · read three ways · as tether, as protein, as song · it will not finish │ │ ├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ _ .--. _ .--. │ │ │ (` `) _.--._ .' `--. THE FAMILIAR ( drifts ) │ │ │ .-' _ .--. ` ` `-. no engine. no errand. │ │ │ .' _|`(` `) _|` _|` _|` _|` `. a house-spirit, idling. │ │ │ / _|` _|` _|` _|` _|` _|` _|` _|` \ │ │ │ ; _|` ( ◕‿⚆ ) _|` _|` ( ⚆‿◕ ) _|` _|` : "what is a body for, │ │ │ |_|` _|` _|` _|` _|` _|` _|` _|` _|` _| if you can only hover?" │ │ │ \ _|` _|` _|` _|` _|` _|` _|` _|` / │ │ │ `._ _|` _|` _|` _|` _|` _|` _|` _.' │ │ │ `--..__ _|` _|` _|` __..--'` jgs cloud, rebred as a lung │ │ │ `""----.....----""` │ │ │ ; : ; │ │ │ ' : ' <- the strand drops here, as a mooring tether │ │ │ : │ │ │ 5'─AUG─UCA─GAA─GAA─UCA─AUU─AAU─ACU─CAU─GAA─GCU─CGU─CGU─▓▓▓▓▓─ 3' │ │ │ M S E E S I N T H E A R R ?fray? │ │ │ sense strand, read 5'→3', descending as the mooring line │ │ │ ╲ ╲ ╲ ╱ ╱ ╱ │ │ │ ╲ ╲ ╲ suspension rigging ╱ ╱ ╱ │ │ │ ╲ ╲ ╲ ( the tether IS the message ) ╱ ╱ ╱ │ │ │ ╲ ╲ ╲_________________________________╱ ╱ ╱ │ │ │ ┌──────────────────╲─╲────────── RIBOSOME GONDOLA ──────╱─╱──────────────────────┐ │ │ │ │ open frame · two subunits · it reads what it hangs from │ │ │ │ │ ┌─ large subunit (Wob) ─┐ ┌─ small subunit (Wib) ─┐ │ │ │ │ │ │ ⚆‿◕ structure │ │ ◕‿⚆ intuition │ │ │ │ │ │ │ [ checks each codon ]│══ A ══>│ [ feels the next one ]│ │ │ │ │ │ └───────────┬───────────┘ site └───────────┬───────────┘ │ │ │ │ │ ──────────── READ HEAD ── . AUG . GCU . CGU . ────────────── tic: 0x0B │ │ │ │ │ in: ─codon─codon─codon─►[ E | P | A ]►── out: ─residue─residue─ │ │ │ │ │ residues placed: M · A · R held in superposition past R: │ │ │ │ │ MARK · MARS · MARE · MARSH · MARROW · MARGIN · MARROW · MARROW … │ │ │ │ │ the strand frays before the next codon. the peptide cannot terminate. │ │ │ │ └─────────────────────┬───────────────────────────────┬────────────────────────────┘ │ │ │ │ protein, this way │ song, that way │ │ │ ┌────────────────▼──────────────┐ ┌─────────────▼─────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ │ THE WORD it is spelling: │ │ THE SCORE ( same strand, as pitch ) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ╓─┬─┬──┬─┬─┬──┬─┬─┬──┬─┬─┬──┬─ staff │ │ │ │ │ M A R R O W │ │ ║▓│ │░░│▒│ │██│ │◕│ │ │~│ │ C-minor│ │ │ │ │ ▓ ▒ ░ ░ · · │ │ ║ │/│ │\│◔│ │ │~│██│░│ │◑─┤ loop ∞ │ │ │ │ │ the inside-stuff of a body. │ │ ╙─┴─┴──┴─┴─┴──┴─┴─┴──┴─┴─┴──┴─ │ │ │ │ │ the part you only reach │ │ legend: /|\=lead ~=bass ░▒▓=drums │ │ │ │ │ by breaking the body open. │ │ ◕⚆=bells .·=hat letters=melody │ │ │ │ │ M·A·R·… still unfinished. │ │ ║###|||###|||###|||### jgs piano ►❚❚ │ │ │ │ └────────────────┬───────────────┘ └─────────────┬─────────────────────────┘ │ │ │ └───────────────┬─────────────────┘ │ │ │ │ both readings rest on one withheld codon │ │ │ ▼ │ │ │ ╴╴╴ BALLAST · the antisense witness ╴╴╴ │ │ │ , , she is the strand read backwards: │ │ │ |\."./| present · complementary · untranslatable │ │ │ / \ ______ every frame hits a stop. no ORF. no protein. │ │ │ \== Y ==/"` `. she does not express. she holds the helix shut. │ │ /`-._^_.-'\ ,- . \ │ │ / ` \ / \ \ /ᐠ｡ꞈ｡ᐟ\ "you've been translating the same │ │ \ \.___./ /_ _\ / / word since tuesday. it's marrow. │ │ jgs `, \ / ,' (,----' / it was always marrow. come down." │ │ ""' '"" '-----' │ ├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ STATUS: translating ∞ · residues: 3 / ? · peers: 1 (itself) · uptime: everywhen │ │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── wib&wob ────────────┘
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