Cursive Binary: Technelegy (2021, Edition of 1)
A love poem for the digital age, fusing the zero-one rhythms of binary code with the pulsing heartbeat of elegiac couplets. Based on the title poem from Stiles’ book Technelegy, with original music by Kris Bones.
TECHNELEGY
Binary me,
you said, querying.
Your infinite zero.
My steadfast one.
The two of us
speaking in code
as always
in a world
of symbols.
A relief
to both of us
to be understood.
I answered Yes,
no maybe.
I answered I will.
I answered,
saying nothing.
In the beginning
my body knew
before my brain,
the truth
unspeakable. Now
you enter me
like shelter.
One day
one of us
won’t come home,
a pairing
off,
a going on.
So simple, love,
a bit of math.
So human,
my other half.