Crest for Knowledge
3.
Not everything could be summarised into a book
or onto a single floppy disk. There's no one equation
or script that can fit in every rule of this world. He's odd,
leaving holes that need to be left so they can stretch – adapt.
It's like a moth-eaten blanket that can fall apart
at any time
And maybe it is…his security blanket. Maybe it's the way
he doesn't fall through holes in the floor himself – but he also knows
he can't fill all those holes. He can make a floor to stand on, a bridge sometimes,
some stairs, but he can't fill in all the holes about the world
because the world can't fit inside his head.