I find that the performance of the poem is only possible through the digital medium of video. While Day or an interpreter could sign the accompanying ASL alongside the poem in a live reading, the experience of the ASL and the spoken word intercutting each other would be lost.

I do feel this intercutting between languages is important to the poem's message since we as the audience are meant to experience what it's like being in between the hearing and non-hearing experience. The editing of the video makes switching between the ASL and the spoken word feel abrupt and disorienting which could be Day's experience as shown by lines like "I saw Joni live & still thought a gay pair of guys put up a parking lot" and "How could I have known You are worthless sounds like Should we do this"

Meg Day uses ASL in tandem with spoken word to emphasize certain phrases. Some of the ASL I could catch seemed to repeat the last bit of the accompanying line.

Right before the poem begins, Meg Day looks to be communicating with someone off screen and then takes a moment to put on hearing implants.

Following this, Day appears to fingerspell the title of the poem.

This sets up the structure of the poem by establishing Day will be using ASL as part of the poem's reading.

A common mishearing of the lyric "They paved paradise Put up a parking lot" from Joni Mitchell's Big Yellow Taxi.

Another mishearing of the lyric "I can see clearly now the rain is gone" from a Johnny Nash's I Can See Clearly Now.

For some deaf people, their experience with sound can sound muffled like being under water.

With further research I found that these are some folk remedies people used to "cure" deafness.

Cochlear implants?

The quote is excluded from the original video. What does this add to the poem?

A small bio is commonly included on a blog homepage to establish expectations for the viewers.

Cliques or webrings are also another common practice in the indie web community. Linking a website to a web ring gives indie web owners more visibility to their websites.

Linking to other creator's websites is a common practice in the indie web community. Indie web owners make their websites buttons stand out through unique designs and animations.

This display also shows the number of people that have visited this site, something only possible in a website like this.

This shows the creator invites other indie web owners to link to this website and form community.

The creator of the website invites visitors to communicate with them through this messaging system.

The creator of the website made the blog themselves which tells viewers they are knowledgeable in coding. It also tells us they create their own assets for the site.

This updates section lets viewers know that the website is actively maintained since many of these changes are fairly recent. Therefore the information on the website reflects the current creator's intent.

This section here lets the viewer know the webpage is susceptible to change. Since this is a personal blog, the owner is free to add or remove any existing features from their site.