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[TRANSCRIPT. Note: The transcript is intended to be English descriptions and is not the English version of this ASL poem.]
(Ian Sanborn is standing in front of a white background. The video is in black and white.)
A swirl of people speaking to each other.
I sit and watch in silence.
I stand up.
I walk.
I walk amid the noise.
Someone tries to speak to me.
I keep walking.
Someone tries to speak to me.
I attempt to sign back.
It is futile.
I gesture back.
I write back.
People keep speaking to me.
People bump into me.
I start to run.
Suddenly, there is ringing. I pause.
Someone walks up and answers the phone.
I reach out, but the person holds up their finger to me.
Now ringing is everywhere.
Everyone is talking to each other.
I write a note and show it to a person.
They read it and hand it back to me, still talking on the phone.
Amid the noise there is silence.
I continue walking.
The ground shakes.
I come across a door.
I open it.
I press on the heavy TTY keys.
I type faster.
The ground vibrates.
Paper scrolls up.
"I love you."
I leave the room.
I walk.
Lights flash.
I enter a room.
There is a light flashing.
I come across a TTY and place a phone atop it.
A lightbulb goes on.
Words appear in a scrolling marquee.
"GA"
I type back.
I type "GA"
Words appear again.
We type back and forth.
"SK"
I rip the paper off.
"I love you SK SK"
I attempt to bring the TTY with me.
I cannot.
I leave the room.
I walk.
I come across a door.
I open it and see a screen.
I press the remote and an eye flaps open.
The screen powers on and I fall back into a seat.
An interpreter appears on the screen.
I start to sign and the interpreter interprets.
My heart swells.
I sign.
I hang up and the screen powers down.
I leave the room.
I walk.
I come across a door.
I open it and there is a phone.
I scroll up.
I press on the phone and an interpreter appears.
I sign back.
I sign "I love you."
I scroll up.
The phone falls down.
I take it with me out of the room.
I walk.
I sign.
I walk and sign.
I spot someone signing.
I walk.
Someone comes up to me and signs.
I sign and sign.
I walk and sign.
I sign freely.
I approach a door.
I open the door.
(Ian is now in front of a landscape inside a white frame. The video is in color.)