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Bien

Completeness

Poem
COMPLETENESS

The Quiet Shed


Archimedes workshop exists
not in the building
but in the bubble of an idea

Made not of machinery and tools
but of virtue and discretion

This place, The Quiet Shed,
is built of care and responsibility

Here, the laptop keys type by themselves
and circuit boards solder their connections spontaneously

All the finished products are free of bugs
and paid for with knowledge

But it cannot be found on Earth.
Where then?

Archimedes goes
to The Quiet Shed each evening
and writes the software of the universe
upon the hardware of the stars

Bright as the light he shines on others
Archimedes has built the stars