packet sonder
Sonder sounds sonic
I wish they were cognate
But it’s new
Cooked up in labs I guess
A neurolinguistic trick
Engineered to be implanted
Delivered today with Prime
A readymade realization
Shall we scroll back?
Dusty Hittites clashing with a
Bronze age phalanx
Eyes flutter, unfocused
Taken with the wonder
Of each life’s equal depth
Relaxing the reins
Let their chariots drift
Rumble strips weren’t invented
Safety neglected
All they could hear was that wind
Puny atoms smashing
This must have a term, a name!
(Semiotics was their passion)
Preferably indoeuropean?
And so it came to be.
I hear that sound today
Puny packets smashing
More hushed than wind
Did the cursor just blink?
Sidebar shows a stranger’s name
Someone is typing
I’m free until 11