William S. Burroughs believed that if the texts from media and mass culture could be cut up and rearranged, they would reveal deeper truths lying beneath the factual truths or lies or ambiguities in the original documents. I have found this to be true. Today, I bought a New York Times and extracted and arranged the following three poems from three separate articles. 100% of the text is from the articles published. As I suspected, the pieces seem to reveal something more -- stories & a mournful music subterranean to the original sources.
NEW YORK TIMES JULY 26, 2023
I - "and the sea between them"
Wildfires devour swaths
And the sea between them
Rescue efforts sixteen people
"I wish her home burned down but she were still alive"
Plumes of smoke rise
97 fires 13 remained
Trapped in a cycle of nightmarish waves
The heat set in
Rumors of arson
Quash the rising anger
Compensation for the victims
"With the abundance of mercy”
A densely forested region
Olive trees in dry coastal areas
Dangerously close
II - "weighing on growth"
Raised its forecast
Rosier in parts
"Hope is not a policy...
critical to avoid..."
It expects consumption
Intended to restrain
Weighing on growth
Slowed down, raised, forced down
Defied expectations, avoiding recession
Pushing up, growing concerned
Weak, tepid, reasons to worry
Tumbled, slumped, cut, running low
Restore confidence, target support
Strengthen consumption
Reasons for optimism
Not in the clear, pose a threat
Portend headwinds, could intensify
Food fuel fertilizer
Suspension concern warning
Further splintered
Additional volatility
III - "changes in the overturning"
Major slow down
Ocean currents
Deep cold
Human driven
Undergo a great weakening
Shut down a potential
Coming so soon
Atlantic circulation
Will decline
Pin down the timing
"It's now," she said
Could set off
Abrupt thawing
Loss of the Amazon
Collapse of the ice sheets
Harbingers of tipping-point-like
Meridional overturning
Bending toward Northern Europe
The water releases its heat
The sinking effect
Disrupting the balance
Creating a "cold blob"
Examining the magnitude
Could see faster
Could experience stormier
Would most likely get
Abrupt starts and stops in the deep past
How the currents might behave
Data and their proxy measure
Changes in the overturning
“An increase in these indicators”
Mathematical properties
Extrapolate from trends
Atmospheric concentration
Applauded the new analysis
Voiced some reservations
More work was still needed
A questionable proxy
The cold blob's development
Sensors slung across the Atlantic
Sent an urgent message
To keep collecting data
“If it weren't for us humans”
“It's very plausible that we...
I fear, honestly..."
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