For those not into computer lore, open source is a kind of software program where the code is freely available and any enterprising geek can tweak it, and change the code to add or remove functionality, to streamline or enhance it or add hidden easter eggs of silly sayings... And the functionality is improved very gradually by little changes over time. Of course if it weren't serendipitous we could tweak ourselves off the map.....
Open Source Cosmos
in serendipitous evolution,
the replicant’s tic in mutating pattern
changeling inheritance gathering force
'til mental metamorphosis tweaks free,
a comet trail of idea scatters seeds.
Laugh as the vortex roars, the brass
the shatter and scold of turbulent limit,
of serendipity in the dark cackle chambers,
the immaculate laugh-box, the techno-lotus mind
where time loops asymmetrically, the meme
slips into everything, lost, replenished
gone and coming around,
altered just a little.
in serendipitous evolution,
the replicant’s tic in mutating pattern
changeling inheritance gathering force
'til mental metamorphosis tweaks free,
a comet trail of idea scatters seeds.
Laugh as the vortex roars, the brass
the shatter and scold of turbulent limit,
of serendipity in the dark cackle chambers,
the immaculate laugh-box, the techno-lotus mind
where time loops asymmetrically, the meme
slips into everything, lost, replenished
gone and coming around,
altered just a little.
-- Mar (Mistryel) Walker
c 2011
