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Does anyone know what is going on with, "The Subharmonic Murmur of Black Tentacular Voids"? I did a little googling and, at least Stanza II seems to be a hodge-podge of evolutionary biology articles by Antonio Lazcano. But Thacker presents it as an example of internet mysticism. Is this some kind of elaborate joke?

Claus Appel I am convinced that the poem is written by Thacker, for a number of reasons:
1. Most Google hits for the poem's title reference Thacker.
2. It looks lik…moreI am convinced that the poem is written by Thacker, for a number of reasons:
1. Most Google hits for the poem's title reference Thacker.
2. It looks like his style.
3. The bibliographic reference is obviously bogus. ("Sonia Haft-Greene" was the name of H. P. Lovecraft's wife.)
4. The poem is, IMO, so devoid of poetic meric that I cannot imagine why anyone would "circulate" it.(less)

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