diff --git a/gutcontent.go b/cmd/gutcontent/main.go
similarity index 87%
rename from gutcontent.go
rename to cmd/gutcontent/main.go
index 2e252e1..7484ec1 100644
--- a/gutcontent.go
+++ b/cmd/gutcontent/main.go
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+/*
+Given a project gutenberg plaintext book filename, this program prints just its content (ie with header and footer stripped)
+*/
+
 package main
 
 import (
@@ -7,10 +11,6 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 )
 
-/*
-Given a project gutenberg plaintext book filename, open it and print just the content.
-*/
-
 func main() {
 	if len(os.Args) < 2 {
 		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "need a filename argument")
diff --git a/cmd/phraser/main.go b/cmd/phraser/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c4c49b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/phraser/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+/*
+Given plaintext content on STDIN, emit "phrases" to STDOUT.
+
+Phrases are a loose, artistic concept. The end goal of a phrase is to be useful fodder as a line in a cut-up poem.
+
+*/
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	phraseMarkers := map[rune]bool{
+		';':  true,
+		',':  true,
+		':':  true,
+		'.':  true,
+		'?':  true,
+		'!':  true,
+		'(':  true,
+		')':  true,
+		'\'': true,
+		'{':  true,
+		'}':  true,
+		'[':  true,
+		']':  true,
+		'“':  true,
+		'”':  true,
+		'=':  true,
+		'`':  true,
+	}
+
+	s := bufio.NewScanner(os.Stdin)
+	phraseBuff := []byte{}
+	for s.Scan() {
+		text := strings.TrimSpace(s.Text())
+		seenSpace := false
+		for i, r := range text {
+			if r == ' ' {
+				seenSpace = true
+			}
+			if ok, val := phraseMarkers[r]; ok && val {
+				if len(phraseBuff) >= 20 && seenSpace {
+					// TODO QA check for alphabetic content
+					fmt.Println(strings.TrimSpace(string(phraseBuff)))
+				}
+				phraseBuff = []byte{}
+			} else {
+				asStr := string(phraseBuff)
+				if r == ' ' && strings.HasSuffix(asStr, " ") {
+					continue
+				}
+				phraseBuff = append(phraseBuff, byte(r))
+				if i == len(text)-1 && len(phraseBuff) > 0 && !strings.HasSuffix(asStr, " ") {
+					phraseBuff = append(phraseBuff, byte(' '))
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..462e116
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+module github.com/vilmibm/trunkless
+
+go 1.21.6