Medium Is Message Is Voice Poem by Denis Mair

When it comes time to really express yourself,

the ideational medium needs to be folded over itself,

to be kneaded and forged any number of times

before its virtuality becomes a medium

to be etched, inscribed or carved in a monumental sense.

Sound is probably an immanent guide

for uncanny sessions of taffy pulling.

The meat web is so dense,

even fingerprints are uniquely keyed to your genes,

and voice is probably like that too,

building its barcodes right up from the ground floor.

The medium is message is voice.

Meaning goes for a ride in sound...

or else it won't fly.