Frequency Modulation
you are listening to
the transmission via seed pearl, aural irritant
clockwork and sparkgap ultra high and superlow
precious black opal crystal and glass shudders and sings
broad cast scattered the seeds among the apocrypha
each agent at land or sea satellite or space
direct conversion of royal register and groove
high in fidelity to
our regenerative radio hisses and shouts
everything that cannot be owned belongs now to us
irradiant waves oscillate below visible light
to arrive and reside requires no medium but occupies vacuum
and air transformational emission
follow your radiotelegraph
we are your conductor our amplitude varies
we fluctuate the frequency
we are not subject to static interference
we embed the subcarrier
hush y’all
you need not know that language if you know this sound
Copyright Credit: Raymond McDaniel, “Frequency Modulation” from Saltwater Empire. Copyright © 2008 by Raymond McDaniel. Reprinted by permission of Coffee House Press.
Source: Saltwater Empire (Coffee House Press, 2008)