UNPATCHED
for Simon Schama
At the secular end of days
when unconfined freedom
means gusts of opportunity
for all our computers to screw
every one of us beyond repair,
will the unspeakable terrors
reappear? What tech service
will patch our human flaws?
Not the rolling disaster
of holy water & passwords.
Not infernal church bells
pealing ones and zeros.
Everything real or digital
awaits an uncrackable code.
Jan Herman
