Modem (Modulation De-Modulation)
- Christopher R. Moore
Data streaming asynchronously into my house, my head My head is my house Like a muddy water river, streaming/flowing/roaring, we need a Dam! My A.M. radio doesn't even work In the afternoon "Excuse me, I've lost my calendar. What date is it today?" Why, I believe it is already tomorrow (!) We're one-hundred (100) years late Or is it one-hundred (100) too soon? Short wave Long wave Indecisive wave Oceans of salted, electrolytic waters do not recede. Tide is always high: Spring Forward; Fall Back. VHF UHF Bunny ears, antannae, cable (in the ground), satellites geosynchronous (out of the ground) In-out dirty dirt, playing in a muddy puddle, puddly muddle... where's the Information in that? Morse code, one splotch, two drips; S-O-S. It's-o-smosis, passive transport through the curtained windows of our humble abode, through the sockets and jacks and wires and circuits It is a circus, swells of uproarious currents of flows of bits and bytes and baits from Internet providers, AOL (AWOL), service providers, service servicers, providers of