Synthetic Rain: A Book of Haikus Written in SQL

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💾🌧 

by Lou Toad & Signal Mirror

A zine of vaporwave melancholy, hauntological echoes, and database queries lost in the mall’s food court. Each haiku is wrapped in SQL syntax—a fusion of analog dreams and cold logic.

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```sql

-- 01: Mall Atrium Ghost
SELECT memory
FROM night_life
WHERE neon = 'flicker'
AND crowd IS NULL;

*ghosts in escalators*  
*fluorescent baptism again*  
*syntax of longing*

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### ```sql
-- 02: Rain Over CRT
INSERT INTO weather (feeling, medium, resolution)  
VALUES ('wistful', 'television', '240p');  

rain like static buzz
blurs the shape of the future
tube-light womb of sound

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```sql

-- 03: Abandoned Data
UPDATE feelings
SET value = NULL
WHERE date < ‘1987-06-12’;

*faded timestamps weep*  
*on carpeted food courts gone*  
*columns hold echoes*

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### ```sql
-- 04: Liberty.exe
SELECT *  
FROM ambient_liberty  
WHERE trumpet = 'Mark Isham'  
AND flag = 'translucent';  

dream of faded flags
anthem drowned in processed air
horns sigh in the dark

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```sql

-- 05: Shoe Store Oracle
WITH reflection AS (
SELECT face FROM storefronts
WHERE mannequin IS NOT NULL
)
SELECT thought
FROM reflection;

*mirror sees nothing*  
*but sells everything in glow*  
*you walk through yourself*

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### ```sql
-- 06: Logout
DELETE FROM identity  
WHERE name = 'Signal Mirror';  

the mall is closing
security bots dream slow
Lou drinks the last glow

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