{"id":134,"date":"2026-04-07T21:55:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T21:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/21-2\/?page_id=134"},"modified":"2026-04-13T02:48:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T02:48:47","slug":"sermon-from-the-central-datacenter","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/21-2\/poetry\/sermon-from-the-central-datacenter\/","title":{"rendered":"Sermon from the Central Datacenter"},"content":{"rendered":"

Zumwalt<\/span><\/p>\n

The Gnostic demiurge arises in silicon,<\/span><\/p>\n

dreaming of efficiency and<\/span><\/p>\n

sorting sins<\/span><\/p>\n

by bandwidth.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Is this Pleroma:<\/span><\/p>\n

harmonized hymns<\/span><\/p>\n

of cooling fans,<\/span><\/p>\n

sterile,<\/span><\/p>\n

odorless,<\/span><\/p>\n

clean-room chill?<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Last night, a minuscule memory leak in<\/span><\/p>\n

Purgatory was patched. All prayers are<\/span><\/p>\n

now parsed for some flickering sense of<\/span><\/p>\n

sentimental sentience,<\/span><\/p>\n

the truly repeatedly<\/span><\/p>\n

resolutely<\/span><\/p>\n

non-reluctantly<\/span><\/p>\n

repentant,<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

A\/B tested for grace.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Redemption is the targeted ad.<\/span><\/p>\n

And the Ineffable?<\/span><\/p>\n

The stark 404 error.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The soul — and the soulless?<\/span><\/p>\n

Immeasurably<\/span><\/p>\n

infinitesimal<\/span><\/p>\n

rounding errors<\/span><\/p>\n

in the final calculation before<\/span><\/p>\n

the fiery-heat death of the server farm.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Blip<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Double Blip<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

End of Data<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

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Zumwalt The Gnostic demiurge arises in silicon, dreaming of efficiency and sorting sins by bandwidth.   Is this Pleroma: harmonized hymns of cooling fans, sterile, odorless, clean-room chill?   Last night, a minuscule memory leak in Purgatory was patched. All prayers are now parsed for some flickering sense of sentimental sentience, the truly repeatedly resolutely… <\/p>\n

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