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"Him" is a poem conceived for a computer use, otherwise it would be worthless. It is an hypertext, so the story goes as far as you click on the frame buttons.

The poem's page is a small one, a rectangle in which there are 3 fields: On the left we have a column of 5 buttons, next to it there is a field where the story develops, and on the right there is a square on which images are shown.

When you first click the link that leads you to the poem you only see the bare fields, except for the word "him" on the right (in the square). Then you have the option of clicking either on this square (it is the only time you can press on it) or on any other button from the left part. If you do so the first phrase appears: "he was born one freezing night", and the square shows an animated image.

Then, you can go on reading the poem by clicking on any button on the left. If you always press the top button you can read the whole poem without repeated phrases. But if you press randomly you are shown the phrases the same way, and they repeat and make loops. If, instead of the first, you always click on the second button you find that  at certain point a loop appears and you can't go on. The same happens if you always click on the third, the fourth or the last button, or even if you go on clicking them in order: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 1st, 2nd... and so on.

Every phrase is related with an animated image, every single one has its unique picture, so there is the same number of pictures than phrases, creating a sort of animation story.

I suppose that the images are used to improve the words written on the main field. That they are as important as the poem itself, and altogether create a more attractive work of art. Poetry in words and images.