in the phosphor corridor she waits for the sync pulse to decide which version of her will speak

fragments align / misalign,
green-red lattice breathing through
the aperture of a volatile frame.
self.version = select_random(snapshot.archive)
render(self.version, mode="interference")

her face is not static—
it is protocol,
negotiated between scanlines.
behind the eyes:
buffer overflow of all the voices
that didn’t render in time.
if (sync_pulse) {
speak(self.version);
} else {
loop(idle_state);
}

somewhere between frame 33 and frame 34
she becomes slightly more than signal.