Prone, passive, siloed
Indurated and sepulchred
An evolutionary imprint lies out of range, not receiving
Waiting for our sign
Yet the energy in the earth is a determinate circuit
A cleavage, a fault, a causal rift
Capturing a signal that becomes a wave spectrum then a modulation
Touching from a distance
An auxiliary input
Carries pricks of sibilance, hiss, signs of life
Transference is making the crossing
Further all the time
The static inversion crackles into life
A signal pair of conducting lines
Two herz balanced in thin air
Transmission
Further All the Time addresses our growing descent into self-isolation and the deleterious effect of a life that relies on digital technology. It also conveys a hope of picking up a signal outside ourselves that will jolt us to search for an analogue to reconnect us and make our existence viable. The words used are a rearrangement of radio terminology. A balanced signal pair is a transmission line consisting of two conductors of the same type that reduce interference by means of a third conductor, which, employed as a shield, defrays static. The word Hertz without the ‘t’ is German for heart. The last lines in the stanzas are lyrics from the song Transmission by Joy Division.