Wednesday, 4 August 2021
Digital-era-binary -poem
The code contaminates my screen
a blast of ones and zeroes
and all I see for miles around is the train of numbers
converted into words
like some secret message
that never says what I want it to say,
i know two numbers,
one and zero
though the two' can't exist here,
the inclusion of an additional
element becomes a necessary evil
for zero once paired becomes
a paradox resulting from three
instances of enumeration
This is life as we know it.
On emails, on text,
Staring blankly at the screen
Calculating '0's and '1's making up the backbone
of confessions and complaints
of love and loss,
01101110 01100001 01101101 01100001
whirlwind of emotions as "Namasthe"
this is the epitome of manners in the digital world,
I'm sorry I didn’t keep my promise,
I’m sorry I hurt you.
01110011 01101111 01110010 01110010 01111001
Sorry, the hardest word to say,
merely has 5 letters and 40 digits.
01110100,01101000,01100001,01101110,01101011,01110011
The string is “thanx”, a word defined to be
“an expression of gratitude”....
Gratitude for your help,
we all express our feelings through permutations
of the same 2 digits, One speaks of new life and hope,
one is sunshine and warmth,
the other grief and solace.
The picture of being with someone’s
loved ones in ups and downs,
01101110 01100101 01110111
used when one’s boss assigns a new project
when one’s teacher assigns more homework,
on top of the 50 others one already has.
leading us to the 32-digit word that encapsulates everything:
01101100 01101001 01100110 01100101
This is "life", as we know it!
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