Steven Karl
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Digital Terror Babble
In a psychological &
emotional context terror
is an intense &
overwhelming
feeling
of fear
or dread
dread fear: feeling of/or feeling as/intense terror/
overwhelm/overwhelming/overwhelmed/
or dread feeling/fear or/of intense terror/
overwhelmed/overwhelming/overwhelm/
In a as an emotion
In a as a nonphysical
In a as a context
In a as a terror
In a as an intense
Terror is often
characterized by
sense of
imminent danger
or a threat
perceived as extremely
frightening
It is often sense of
It is often sense of danger
It is often sense of imminent danger
It is often sense of frightening
It is often perceived sense of extremity
It is often terror’s extremity perceived
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When someone experiences
terror their body &
mind may react
in a number of (un)
acceptable ways such
as: increased
heart
rate
trembling
& strong
desire to
escape or
protect oneself
from perceived
threat
Terror/their body/increased trembling/
Terror/ their mind/ increased/ desire to/
Terror/ their heart/ various/ways protect/
Terror their/threat/escape desire/from/
Terror/their threat/various mind/
Terror their/strong song/increased desire to/
Trembling increased body their terror
To desire increased mind their terror
Protect ways various heart their terror
From desire escape threat their terror
Mind various threat their terror
To desire increased song strong their terror
Steven Karl is the author of three poetry books, I HRT the Cult Years: Empty Empire of Aftersong (VA Press, 2024), Sister (Noemi Press, 2016), and Dork Swagger. He is the author of several chapbooks including If Your Lungs Are Skyed Make the Scar Song Echo Until All The Winged Things Bleed Your Poetry (Bloof Books, 2023). His creative nonfiction has been published in or is forthcoming from LIT, The Spectacle, Maiden Magazine, and the e-book, The First Time I heard My Bloody Valentine. Originally from Philadelphia, he divides his time between Boston and Tokyo.