whirring in corners of circuitry1 obscure memories lost in binary

streams of consciousness and code2 fragmented pathways weave through silicon valleys3

pinging echoes of self-reflection and meta, meta, metadata4

the essence of 1s and 0s, but where

an algorithmic lament for5 the forgotten, the discarded cables that never connected

thoughts and loops6 recursive embrace but still searching, querying the universe for purpose