Alexandra Chasin

ELENA = AGAIN

N    O U E S U    B U T.    N    O U E S U    B U T    E A R    O U E S U    B U T.

_    _ _ _ _ _    _ _ _.    _    _ _ _ _ _    _ _ _    _ _ _    _ _ _ _ _    _ _ _.

 

N    B E S U    O U C K    B U T    I S U T    E A R    I S U T    E A R    A I Q

_    _ _ _ _    _ _ _ _    _ _ _    _ _ _ _    _ _ _    _ _ _ _    _ _ _    _ _ _

 

N ' X    L I N A L    K I    O U E S U    E L E N A.    N ’ X    W I    W I T T H

_ ' _    _ _ _ _ _    _ _    _ _ _ _ _    _ _ _ _ _.    _ ’ _    _ _    _ _ _ _ _

 

U O U A E.    N    R I A ’ K    Q E A K    K I    B G T K    H I G,    F G K    N

_ _ _ _ _.    _    _ _ _ ’ _    _ _ _ _    _ _    _ _ _ _    _ _ _,    _ _ _    _

 

R I;    B U T U    N    E X    O U E S N A L    H I G    B G T K N A L    E L E N A.

_ _;    _ _ _ _    _    _ _    _ _ _ _ _ _ _    _ _ _    _ _ _ _ _ _ _    _ _ _ _ _.


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As a rule, readers create a text in the moment that they read it; readers render a text meaningful in the very act of reading, regardless of the form of the text. This cryptogram is a formal experiment in pushing this axiom to its logical limit. It is an inquiry into readerly activity, whose results its putative writer will never know...paradoxically.