I--- Harem Bulbulu Sahin K 40 -

the sun sets in the server farm and a nightingale made of buffer overflow sings to an empty ottoman.

"i---" is not a word. it is a stutter. it is the moment the hard drive fails mid-confession. i--- Harem Bulbulu Sahin K 40

I--- Harem Bulbulu Sahin K. Status: Deceased (approx. 1.2 million years ago – or last Tuesday. The isotope doesn't lie.) the sun sets in the server farm and

and the 40? the 40 is the number of milliseconds between your question and the answer that never arrives. i--- Harem Bulbulu Sahin K 40

No one knew what the "i---" meant. Incomplete? Imperial? Isolate?