dan symonds - the-hold.com/june 2001

City Beat

These feet tread
streets behind them,
these eyes
pinpoint lamps.

These ears draw a
bitter hum from
the strings of traffic,
cast the wailing
sirens into night.

These thoughts shape
concrete landscapes,
plant city seeds,
and call down rain
for growth.

Jungle Net
Quiet in the nano-forest,
as silicon wind brushes
data from the trees.

Packets scurry softly
through the undergrowth,
scavenging lost bytes for lunch.

High in the canopy,
a browser squawks its
raucous message to the day,
scattering a shower
of spider monkeys
from the search

• Dan Symonds is 29 and lives in London, where he constantly looks for good excuses not to be a Software Design Authority (the money is good though).
• He also writes poetry, which is published on his site walrus.nu and on the hold.
• He jointly runs cheshire-cat.org (a contemporary arts & entertainments community) with Jude, who also makes fantastic fractal art. They also do cheshirecat.tv (an internet tv station).
• For musings about internet technology and Dan's day to day life, check out his journal d-log.

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