Department of Remaining Nature
REF: ARB/26-07 — PUBLIC COPY

Aikonaut presents, under licence,

All
Remaining
Birds

Ten recordings of administrated nature

Approved for release — 25 July 2026
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FILING NOTE — READ BEFORE LISTENING

This register contains ten recordings collected under Departmental licence. Each was made indoors, under controlled weather, and filed as a song. The birds heard within are administrative and should not be released.

Aikonaut submits these findings as its second report. Ten items. Excerpts only. The full recordings are held elsewhere, on SoundCloud, where the Department cannot reach them.

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC — READ ONCE, QUIETLY

The following recordings were made in the presence of licensed weather.

All birds appearing on this record remain the property of the Department.

Gardens were switched on for the duration of the sessions, and off again afterwards.

No unauthorised nature was permitted to occur.

SECTION B

Index of Plates

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SECTION C

Track Register

10 ITEMS ON FILE — EXCERPTS ONLY
PLATE 01 Specimen record — 01 of 10
A man in a corduroy suit lying on grass, wired to a grey field instrument. Specimen 04B.

Return Procedure

TRACK 01 / 10

FIELD NOTE — Subject reported for voluntary return and was processed lying down, in a field cleared for the purpose. Weather was switched off before the session and not switched on again.

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OPEN SPECIMEN FILE ▸FOLD SPECIMEN FILE AWAY ▴please remove your coat / please remove your name
SPECIMEN FILE — PLATE 01DEPARTMENT COPY
▸ SUPPLEMENTARY PLATES (5)
FIELD NOTES — Exhibits recovered from the first documented attempt to return a person, a device, and a small portion of landscape to their proper department.
END OF SUPPLEMENTARY PLATES
▸ TRANSCRIPTFORM 7-B — LYRIC TRANSCRIPT
please remove your coat please remove your name please remove the weather from the window frame
we took the train to the edge of town where the grass was painted municipal brown there were birds in the wires there were pills in the stream there was mud on the brochure and a smile on the machine
breathe in breathe out file the lungs and turn about
knees in the soil hands in the rain the body returns but the signal remains
take me outside switch me off in the garden leave me where the insects work
take me outside under medical weather let the little green circuits learn
we found a field with a plastic smell and a picnic spot beside the warning bell you said the trees looked almost real I said that depends on what trees are supposed to feel
there was milk in the clouds there was rust in the fruit there was something alive in the government suit
stand still act wild smile for the soil like a registered child
skin in the sun teeth in the rain the body adapts but the signal remains
take me outside switch me off in the garden leave me where the insects work
take me outside under medical weather let the little green circuits learn
nature is clean nature is cruel nature is printed on the side of the school
nature is soft nature is planned nature is waiting with a form in its hand
return return return procedure
return return return procedure
when the rain came down we all stood up with open mouths and paper cups
the sky made a noise like a factory bird and everybody nodded but nobody heard
take me outside switch me off in the garden leave me where the insects work
take me outside under medical weather let the little green circuits learn
please remove your coat please remove your name please remove the weather from the window frame
return accepted body unclear
END OF TRANSCRIPT — RENDERED VERBATIM · FORM 7-B
PLATE 02 Specimen record — 02 of 10
A man standing in a concrete basement where a patch of grass grows under inspection lighting.

The Glasshouse Clicks

TRACK 02 / 10

FIELD NOTE — Recorded inside a sealed growing-room where the only nature permitted was a single patch of managed grass. The clicking is the building, breathing on schedule.

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OPEN SPECIMEN FILE ▸FOLD SPECIMEN FILE AWAY ▴the room was measured, then the man was measured to match it
SPECIMEN FILE — PLATE 02DEPARTMENT COPY
▸ SUPPLEMENTARY PLATES (5)
FIELD NOTES — Exhibits recovered from the Glasshouse Clicks incident, where insect life, electrical noise, and administrative caution became difficult to separate.
END OF SUPPLEMENTARY PLATES
▸ TRANSCRIPTFORM 7-B — LYRIC TRANSCRIPT
click click leaf begins
click click the meadow is switched on
there is a box where the garden was
there is a light in the stream of the flood
a little green sound comes out of the wall
it says grow straight grow clean grow useful
we planted wires in alphabetical soil
we watered them with measured constraints
the flowers opened like small instructions
yellow yellow yellow approved
turn on the insects turn on the leaves
turn on the thing that breathes underneath
turn on the pollen turn on the mud
turn on the garden under the hood
frog sound without pond
bird sound without sky
rain sound electronically
green light green lie
mother kept a snail in a plastic drawer
father taught the grass to answer the door
sister made a nest from electric hair
I stood very still and blew resolving air
do not touch the root the root is awake
do not feed the sun the sun is fake
do not name the soil the soil reports
do not trust the birds they swallow the words
turn on the insects turn on the leaves
turn on the thing that breathes underneath
turn on the pollen turn on the mud
turn on the garden under the hood
what is a tree? a vertical error
what is a field? a soft machine
what is a body? a warm container
what is nature? nature is clean
clean clean clean
too clean
in the glasshouse the machines made spring
a sterile choir with little wings
the rain came down in perfect lines
and every drop had passed inspection
turn on the insects turn on the leaves
turn on the thing that breathes underneath
turn on the pollen turn on the mud
turn on the garden under the hood
click click leaf complete
click click meadow off
please return all remaining birds to the correct department
END OF TRANSCRIPT — RENDERED VERBATIM · FORM 7-B
PLATE 03 Specimen record — 03 of 10
Forest and river photographed from a light aircraft, wing strut in frame.

Seen from Above

TRACK 03 / 10

FIELD NOTE — Captured by overhead survey while the subject remained unaware of observation. Filed under scenery; reclassified under evidence.

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OPEN SPECIMEN FILE ▸FOLD SPECIMEN FILE AWAY ▴from this height, nothing is missing that hasn't been logged as missing
SPECIMEN FILE — PLATE 03DEPARTMENT COPY
▸ SUPPLEMENTARY PLATES (5)
FIELD NOTES — Exhibits recovered from Plate 03 suggest that seeing from above improves distance, authority, and confidence, though not necessarily comprehension.
END OF SUPPLEMENTARY PLATES
▸ TRANSCRIPTFORM 7-B — LYRIC TRANSCRIPT
above above steady now
green below lines below breathing in a folded skin
we left the ground in a borrowed noise
with metal wings and practical joy
the trees were flat the river shone
like a muscle drawn in chrome
we've seen it from above
there were clouds with administrative edges
and light caught in the leaves
a million hands without fingers
a million mouths without teeth
the pilot smiled at nothing visible
the cabin hummed a private green
air in the teeth air in the eyes
the map stayed still the body revised
lean to the left correct the line
something in the distance moved inside
we've seen it from above we've seen it from above
the canopy opened without a sound
everything turning very slow very round
the river bent like silver wire
the light climbed up through the floor
the trees looked back in ordered weather
leaf after leaf after leaf after more
the headset crackled softly laughing
the sky grew warm and slightly wrong
air in the lungs air in the knees
the horizon loosened by degrees
hold the line or let it swim
we felt the green begin to thin
we've seen it upside down we've seen it upside down
the river hanging from the air
the leaves below us everywhere
what is below when below tilts?
what is a wing inside a pulse?
what is a forest seen too long?
what is a body when the ground is gone?
we felt it from within
behind the eyes behind the tongue
the green was soft the green was young
it touched the hands without a hand
it moved behind the ribs the land
we touched it from behind
above upside down within behind
above upside down within behind
the pilot drew a wider circle
the sun leaned in to hear us breathe
the jungle turned without a surface
and entered us through simple things
we've seen it from above we've seen it upside down
we felt it from within we touched it from behind
the engine kept its little faith
the trees kept turning in one place
green below green inside
steady now
steady now
END OF TRANSCRIPT — RENDERED VERBATIM · FORM 7-B
PLATE 04 Specimen record — 04 of 10
Plastic refuse suspended just below the surface of dark water.

What the Water Hides

TRACK 04 / 10

FIELD NOTE — Submerged recording retrieved after the licensed flood receded. Contents remain partly illegible and are held pending drying.

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OPEN SPECIMEN FILE ▸FOLD SPECIMEN FILE AWAY ▴the surface signed the forms; the depth refused
SPECIMEN FILE — PLATE 04DEPARTMENT COPY
▸ SUPPLEMENTARY PLATES (5)
FIELD NOTES — Exhibits recovered from Plate 04 indicate that water does not conceal evidence so much as delay its administrative processing.
END OF SUPPLEMENTARY PLATES
▸ TRANSCRIPTFORM 7-B — LYRIC TRANSCRIPT
one breathe
two breathe
hold not yet
the room went blue before the room was wet
the walls came closer in polite amounts
the light above made smaller shapes
the mouth remained where air ran out
we kept a list of useful breaths
one for standing one for speech
one for the hand that touched the surface
one too far and out of reach
do not open do not rise
keep the water out of my eyes
count the chest count the delay
air is leaving in a careful way
what the water hides is close
what the water hides knows
what the water hides moves slow
below the breath below the throat
one breathe
two breathe
none wait
there was a shape behind the pressure
not a fish not a face
something patient without edges
something learning in my place
it did not pull it did not speak
it made the air feel obsolete
lungs like doors half agreed
mouth like glass underneath
count the chest count the delay
air is leaving in a careful way
what the water hides is close
what the water hides it knows
what the water hides comes slow
through the breath behind the throat
what's hidden by the water?
the last good word
the white of the eye
the little machine that says keep going
what's hidden by the water?
the hand going cold
the name going soft
the air divided badly
I found a room inside the water
I found a chair inside the room
I found my breath inside the chair
sitting still with someone else
the surface moved but did not open
the light arrived in broken parts
the body asked a simple question
the water answered through the heart
what the water hides is close
what the water hides knows
what the water hides keeps still
below the breath below the will
one breathe
two hold
not gone lower
not gone lower
END OF TRANSCRIPT — RENDERED VERBATIM · FORM 7-B
PLATE 05 Specimen record — 05 of 10
A cloud indoors, between an armchair and an open window.

Keep on Drowning in Spilled Air

TRACK 05 / 10

FIELD NOTE — Interior session conducted with the cloud allowance for the quarter released indoors. Air was later recovered and returned to storage.

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OPEN SPECIMEN FILE ▸FOLD SPECIMEN FILE AWAY ▴the window was opened by regulation, not by weather
SPECIMEN FILE — PLATE 05DEPARTMENT COPY
▸ SUPPLEMENTARY PLATES (5)
FIELD NOTES — Exhibits recovered from Plate 05 document a domestic air-spill event in which drowning continued without sufficient water, witnesses, or ventilation.
END OF SUPPLEMENTARY PLATES
▸ TRANSCRIPTFORM 7-B — LYRIC TRANSCRIPT
wipe it up wipe it up
air on the floor moist on the hands
wipe it up before it spreads
someone left the window open someone left the sky inside
now the room is full of weather and there is nowhere left to hide
mother says the carpet’s breathing father says the walls look pale
I can hear the ceiling counting little lungs in every nail
do not step there that is morning
do not touch it that is rain
do not ask why the air is shining
do not breathe it all again
keep on drowning in spilled air
keep on drowning everywhere
keep on drowning nice and clean
in the weather in between
we bought a plant to calm the kitchen we bought a fan to move the fear
we bought a small domestic warning but the sound was much too clear
there are clouds behind the cupboard there are birds below the chair
there is something in the hallway wearing ordinary air
close the bottle label nothing
fold the lungs and file the steam
if the atmosphere is leaking please remain inside the dream
keep on drowning in spilled air
keep on drowning everywhere
keep on drowning soft and slow
in the only thing we know
air spill air spill
white cloth black lung
air spill air spill
wrong room wrong sun
what is breath when breath has edges?
what is sky when sky has stains?
what is nature in the hallway?
what is weather with a name?
the garden came in through the letterbox the trees stood up inside the sink
the insects signed the visitor book and taught the tap to think
I put my mouth against the window I put my hand inside the light
the air was warm the air was wet
the air was not entirely right
keep on drowning in spilled air
keep on drowning everywhere
keep on drowning nice and clean
in the weather in between
keep on drowning in spilled air
keep on drowning do not care
if the room begins to breathe leave the room but do not sleep
wipe it up wipe it up
air on the floor sky on the hands
wipe it up
before it understands
END OF TRANSCRIPT — RENDERED VERBATIM · FORM 7-B
PLATE 06 Specimen record — 06 of 10
A pigeon in a museum display case. The labels read Rock Formation and Cloud. Both are wrong.

Erutan Is Nature Spelled Backwards

TRACK 06 / 10

FIELD NOTE — The Department's own motto, played in reverse until it agreed with itself. No natural sound was used in the making of this recording.

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OPEN SPECIMEN FILE ▸FOLD SPECIMEN FILE AWAY ▴say it forwards and it stops working
SPECIMEN FILE — PLATE 06DEPARTMENT COPY
▸ SUPPLEMENTARY PLATES (5)
FIELD NOTES — Exhibits recovered from Plate 06 document an attempt to spell nature backwards without first obtaining permission from the roots.
END OF SUPPLEMENTARY PLATES
▸ TRANSCRIPTFORM 7-B — LYRIC TRANSCRIPT
erutan erutan
say it wrong and it grows
erutan erutan
nature with its back turned
I found the word under a leaf
it was facing the other way
I asked the tree to read it out
but the tree had nothing to say
the roots went up the birds came down
the soil looked clean in its little brown gown
and everybody smiled at the educational sound
spell it back spell it black
turn the garden on its back
name the flower name the wire
feed the rain into the fire
Erutan is nature spelled backwards
Erutan is nature with its shoes on wrong
Erutan is nature in the mirror
singing such a pretty un-natural song
mother kept a fern in a filing cabinet
father kept the sky in a jar
sister said the moon was a clerical error
brother said we’ve come too far
the insects made a circle round the television set
the weather signed a paper that was almost dry
and somewhere in the hallway a very small official
taught the clouds to lie
spell it green spell it mean
wash the leaves until they’re clean
fold the grass divide the air
put the forest on a chair
Erutan is nature spelled backwards
Erutan is nature with its mouth shut tight
Erutan is nature in the mirror
growing little teeth in the laboratory light
nature erutan
garden nedrag
flower rewolf
weather rehtaew
say it twice and it behaves
say it wrong and it saves
what is a leaf when the leaf looks back?
what is a bird when the sky is black?
what is a root when the root goes up?
what is a cup when the rain drinks us?
I saw Erutan behind the shed
wearing branches on its head
not a god not an animal
not alive but botanical
it had a clipboard made of bark
it had a smile like a public park
it said
please remain calm while the outside starts
Erutan is nature spelled backwards
Erutan is nature with its skin inside
Erutan is nature in the mirror
standing very still while the rooms collide
spell it back spell it black
turn the garden on its back
air to soil soil to chair
birds below and trees upstairs
Erutan Erutan
nature with its back turned
Erutan Erutan
say it wrong and it learns
I found the word under a leaf
it was breathing the other way
END OF TRANSCRIPT — RENDERED VERBATIM · FORM 7-B
PLATE 07 Specimen record — 07 of 10
Two men folding quietly in the corner of a small beige room.

The New People Fold

TRACK 07 / 10

FIELD NOTE — Group observation of intake staff during standard folding drills. Compliance was total and is considered encouraging.

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OPEN SPECIMEN FILE ▸FOLD SPECIMEN FILE AWAY ▴they learned to close along the marked lines
SPECIMEN FILE — PLATE 07DEPARTMENT COPY
▸ SUPPLEMENTARY PLATES (5)
FIELD NOTES — Exhibits recovered from Plate 07 document the early folding trials, during which the new people adapted poorly to storage, seating, and one another.
END OF SUPPLEMENTARY PLATES
▸ TRANSCRIPTFORM 7-B — LYRIC TRANSCRIPT
stand here stand there
new people new air
stand still turn round
new people go down
they arrived in simple clothing
with their names still slightly warm
they were placed beside the weather
and adjusted to the form
one was asked to hold the daylight
one was told to count the floor
one was made to smile correctly
one was sent to be some more
bend the knee check the face
fold the body into place
raise the hand lower the head
new people almost dead
the new people fold the new people fold
not from fear but from design
the new people fold the new people fold
one by one and right on time
there were lines around the building
there were mouths behind the glass
there were clerks with little hammers
making futures out of brass
someone said the skin was useful
someone said the eyes were clean
someone wrote a short instruction
on the back of what we mean
bend the knee check the face
fold the body into place
raise the hand lower the head
new people almost said
the new people fold the new people fold
not from fear but from design
the new people fold the new people fold
one by one and right on time
soft bones hard light
public body private fright
soft bones hard light
factory morning human night
what is a person when the person is pending?
what is a body when the body is new?
what is a crowd when the crowd has instructions?
what is a face when it looks back through you?
we saw them growing near the station
in a field of office light
they had roots around their ankles
they had windows in their bite
some were breathing through the paper
some were singing through the wall
some were only temporary
some were nearly all
the new people fold the new people fold
not from fear but from design
the new people fold the new people fold
one by one and right on time
the new people fold the new people fold
keep the shape and lose the name
the new people fold the new people fold
every body folds the same
stand here stand there
new people new air
stand still turn round
new people go down
END OF TRANSCRIPT — RENDERED VERBATIM · FORM 7-B
PLATE 08 Specimen record — 08 of 10
The Meteorological Office: a man at a desk with a beige telephone, waiting for weather.

The Weather Department

TRACK 08 / 10

FIELD NOTE — Recorded on the administrative floor where climate is decided and filed. The hum is the machinery of the season being approved.

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OPEN SPECIMEN FILE ▸FOLD SPECIMEN FILE AWAY ▴forecasts issued, then enforced
SPECIMEN FILE — PLATE 08DEPARTMENT COPY
▸ SUPPLEMENTARY PLATES (5)
FIELD NOTES — Exhibits recovered from Plate 08 document the Department’s attempt to regulate blue, fog, gardens, rainbows, and other unstable civic materials.
END OF SUPPLEMENTARY PLATES
▸ TRANSCRIPTFORM 7-B — LYRIC TRANSCRIPT
please remain indoors while the weather is corrected
please remain calm while the sky is replaced
the morning came in the wrong envelope
the rain arrived without a name
the clouds were late but well presented
the sun was asked to come again
someone filed a small complaint
about the colour of the air
someone found a missing pressure
sitting quietly on a chair
do not open the outside yet
do not breathe the final draft
the wind is still under review
the birds have not been fully staffed
the weather department has misplaced the sky
the weather department will tell you why
please remain indoors while the weather is corrected
please remain indoors until the blue has been inspected
the forecast spoke in broken numbers
one for water two for light
three for mild domestic thunder
four for clouds that look polite
a little voice inside the ceiling
said the garden must comply
all unauthorized forms of weather
will be hidden by July
do not touch the moving air
do not name the rain too soon
the afternoon is being measured
by a very nervous moon
the weather department has misplaced the sky
the weather department will tell you why
please remain indoors while the weather is corrected
please remain indoors until the blue has been inspected
pressure pending
sunlight late
windform missing
clouds await
pressure pending
sky delayed
please enjoy the weather we have made
what is rain without permission?
what is wind without a file?
what is light without a number?
what is morning without trial?
what is weather when it listens?
what is nature when it waits?
what is outside in the system?
what is air behind the gates?
they found the storm inside a drawer
they found the fog beneath the stairs
they found a small unlicensed rainbow
wearing ordinary airs
the ceiling dripped a formal notice
the window coughed and turned away
the sky came back with minor errors
and a stamp that said okay
the weather department has misplaced the sky
the weather department will tell you why
please remain indoors while the weather is corrected
please remain indoors until the blue has been inspected
the weather department has approved the rain
the weather department will begin again
if the outside starts to gather at your door
please report what you saw and nothing more
please remain indoors while the weather is corrected
please remain calm
the sky is almost ready
END OF TRANSCRIPT — RENDERED VERBATIM · FORM 7-B
PLATE 09 Specimen record — 09 of 10
Three birds assembled from salvaged wire and components, standing on cracked earth.

All Remaining Birds

TRACK 09 / 10

FIELD NOTE — A census of the surviving specimens, taken by lamplight after hours. Numbers held steady, which the Department regards as success.

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OPEN SPECIMEN FILE ▸FOLD SPECIMEN FILE AWAY ▴counted twice, to be sure none had improved
SPECIMEN FILE — PLATE 09DEPARTMENT COPY
▸ SUPPLEMENTARY PLATES (5)
FIELD NOTES — Exhibits recovered from Plate 09 concern the remaining birds: those counted after escape, silence, mislabelling, and reasonable doubt had been deducted.
END OF SUPPLEMENTARY PLATES
▸ TRANSCRIPTFORM 7-B — LYRIC TRANSCRIPT
one bird two birds
not enough sky for the third
one bird two birds
all remaining birds
we found them after the weather
on the wire above the yard
small black marks against the morning
singing softly in the wrong regard
the air was numbered the trees were still
the sun came up by protocol
someone opened a little notebook
and wrote down almost all
wing wire
beak signal
feather error
song residual
all remaining birds please report to the wire
all remaining birds please adjust your song
all remaining birds keep the morning simple
not too bright and not too long
chirp click chirp click
sky approved
three were seen behind the station
four were heard inside the rain
one remained beneath a table
making weather with its brain
two were marked as still uncertain
one was filed as nearly gone
one repeated only static
one forgot the proper dawn
wing wire
beak signal
feather error
song residual
morning manual
sky denied
all remaining birds
remain
all remaining birds
in sound
all remaining birds
do not scatter
do not rise above the count
what is a bird when the air is counted?
what is a song when the throat is gone?
what is a wing in a filing cabinet?
what is the dawn when the dawn is on?
one kept singing from the cupboard
one kept sleeping in the light
one flew backwards through the window
and returned without a flight
one had feathers made of static
one had eyes like little bells
one was only a small instruction
for a sky that failed itself
all remaining birds please report to the wire
all remaining birds please adjust your song
all remaining birds keep the morning simple
not too bright and not too long
all remaining birds please remain in order
all remaining birds please remain in sound
if the sky should ask where nature went
say nothing
look down
chirp click
chirp click
flight removed
chirp click
chirp click
throat approved
one bird two birds
not enough sky for the third
one bird two birds
all remaining birds
song residual song residual
morning counted morning gone
all remaining birds
remain remain remain
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PLATE 10 Specimen record — 10 of 10
A dark corridor in a disused building. One small red light remains on.

Small Light No Weather

TRACK 10 / 10

FIELD NOTE — Final entry, recorded in a corridor with the weather programme suspended. The light was left on for reasons not stated in the file.

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OPEN SPECIMEN FILE ▸FOLD SPECIMEN FILE AWAY ▴one bulb, no sky, nothing scheduled to fall
SPECIMEN FILE — PLATE 10DEPARTMENT COPY
▸ SUPPLEMENTARY PLATES (5)
FIELD NOTES — Exhibits recovered from Plate 10 document a minor illumination event in which light persisted despite the absence of weather, witnesses, or useful procedure.
END OF SUPPLEMENTARY PLATES
▸ TRANSCRIPTFORM 7-B — LYRIC TRANSCRIPT
one small light left on
one small light not gone
after the weather after the wire
after the birds after the fire
we waited where the morning stopped
with our hands inside the sound
the sky had closed its little office
the rain was nowhere to be found
a thin machine kept singing softly
not a song and not a word
something warm beneath the static
something almost like a bird
do not call it hope do not call it home
do not touch the light leave the light alone
do not ask the air what the air has seen
some things stay alive inside the machine
this is the last warm signal
not enough to save the day
this is the last warm signal
still too bright to throw away
this is the last warm signal
thin as wire soft as rust
if it breaks it breaks in silence
if it stays it stays with us
there were names inside the cabinets
there were fields inside the floor
there were clouds without a country
there were wings behind the door
we had counted all remaining
we had folded every form
but something small kept disobeying
something damaged something warm
do not call it love do not call it loss
do not name the wire do not count the cost
do not ask the room why the room still breathes
some things stay behind when everything leaves
this is the last warm signal
not enough to save the day
this is the last warm signal
still too bright to throw away
this is the last warm signal
thin as wire soft as rust
if it breaks it breaks in silence
if it stays it stays with us
small light small error
soft pulse sharp weather
small light small error
still here still here
what is left when the birds are counted?
what is left when the rain is filed?
what is left when the garden closes?
what is left when the air goes mild?
not a forest not a river
not a sky and not a name
just a signal almost human
just a warmth inside the frame
I heard it underneath the table
I heard it behind the wall
I heard it inside the silence
trying not to be at all
it was not a living creature
it was not a final plan
it was only a small remainder
of the outside in the hand
this is the last warm signal
not enough to save the day
this is the last warm signal
still too bright to throw away
this is the last warm signal
thin as wire soft as rust
if it breaks it breaks in silence
if it stays it stays with us
one small light left on
one small light not gone
do not call it hope
not yet
not yet
END OF TRANSCRIPT — RENDERED VERBATIM · FORM 7-B
ANNEX D

Supporting Documents

DOC. AX·1Missing Pressure
DOC. AX·2Outside
DOC. AX·3Final Draft
DOC. AX·4Under Review
DOC. AX·5Not Fully Staffed