complexity of uncivil law
 
i recall the proud pronouncement 
in nineteen eighty ish 
that computers have become 
the most complex of systems 
created by mankind
 
now this complexity has grown 
ten thousand times 
like embryo to adult*
 
english law
has not
 
yet computers
do not need
a ring of nerds 
advising any mundane man
on how to what 
telling them
which click to where
or when to mouse
 
complexity
is simply used 
no expert
stammers round
 
law 
that such a simple system 
needs heards of clever beagles 
merely to operate 
condemns itself
 
 
 
*by moore's law**
 
 
 
**moore's law
the intel***
rule of thumb 
so far observed
by the crash of history 
predicts computer power
will magnitude 
every half decade 
so consequentially does complexity
 
***for presumptive types 
intel remain ignorant of this poem 
no assumption can be made 
regarding their opinions
 
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