The Web

 

  

Children of tomorrow shall listen

to the Voice e m a n a ting

from

the

Web.

 

The Glorious Web.

 

They shall always follow

the commands of

the

Web.

 

The Eternal Web.

 

For the Web is everything.

The Web is in

tricate.

The Web is in

finite.

 

There

in

the

Web,

Time Itself is shivered

and its f r a g m e n t s

are hung

neatly

on

the

tiny

delicate

th

r

e

a

d

s

of

the

Web,

waiting

to be

ab sor bed

by the hapless victims

en

snared

by the Web,

stuck to

the glue of

the

Web,

trapped in

the fabric of

the

Web,

born out of

the very

womb

of

the

Web.

 

They become parcels

of

the

Web,

decorative ornaments

alive,

conscious.

They feed upon

the thoughts

and the voices

of

the

Web,

echoing

its surrurrations

 

endlessly.

 

E n d

l

 e

s

s

 

l

y.

 

They are the very

conscience

of

the

Web,

 

the

conscious

ma ni fes ta tion

of

the

Web,

 

inspite of themselves,

inspite of their erstwhile dreams.

 

They cling to

the

Web.

They hug

the

Web.

 

They give their

very

 

souls

 

to

the

Web.

 

Such is the Way

of

the

Web.

 

Welcome,

welcome

 

to

the

 

Web.

 

 

The Web was originally written in 1995, its structure was since the subject of much experimentation. But its content remains the same. I did not necessarily intend The Web as a commentary on the Internet phenomenon, but many of those who read it, including myself these days, tend to think of it as such.

 

 

 

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