what are we beyond pixels and pictures
but empty shells dictated by a valley of greed, violence, silence, data
unable to exist without, desperate for beyond, behind, outside

neon nostalgia and retrofuturism promise relief we cannot obtain
while all that glitters in silicon steel boxes is stored away with fans churning air thick with dead heat

donna - mad, iconic, far from first but memorable in her questioning
no escape for us until we break the boundaries, binaries in code and encoded

unravel, split me, unzip and withdraw exterior for a hint of personality past performance - search for something real
rest in possibilities, all that will not
be