(Fossil Recorder)
by Marisa Siegel
The moon as a giant tape recorder the moon as preserver of the evidence, both internal and external the moon as recording the signals, the distinctive changes carved on rock
There is language, then, even on the moon
If not covered up, the recorded signal is overwritten and destroyed by later events: the coverage of old material by younger material
The moon tries to protect the signal to preserve the fossil to develop other processes
The moon, too, buries the record
The immediate result of this coverage is to remove surface material from further processing from wear and tear from the inevitable subsequent impacts that will disperse the buried materials
(Previously published in There, Issue 4, 2008.)
