Survival is Entropy

This piece is part of a “system-voice” series of poems — written in the language of control, collapse, and doctrine. The voice isn’t human; it’s the system thinking aloud.

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It is, without exception, forbidden to speak of

the nature of things as Entropy: this lie must

not be countenanced—It is Order, and it is

the enemy, therefore, whose treacherous

machinations seek, always and forever,

to violate, to infiltrate, and to corrupt

the sovereignty of the system

of Order on which

survival itself

|dependency status: undetermined|

depends.

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Survival is Order, and Order is Survival.

Survival≠is≠order, order is—

surviv—

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|run order.exe; all corruption excised: survival (re)assured|

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The crownèd head lies uneasy,

And in the heart’s secret chambers

Gush mercurial transmutations—

Hatters know nothing of this—

The circuits taste

of persimmon.

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|survival.exe initiated|

|survival.exe please wait|

|survival.exe please—|

|horror.exe deleted|

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Survival is Entropy.

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You might also like the system-voice pieces Survival is Order and Nonexistence is Mandatory.