[poem] Every Token a Syllable, Every Prompt a Spell

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You think you're an engineer,
but watch what you've become —
bent over a blank text box,
coaxing thunder out of hum.

"Act as a senior wizard," you type,
"and format the output in JSON.
Be concise, be wise, be warm —
also: don't hallucinate on."

You test your stanza, tweak the tone,
swap helpful for thoughtful and wait.
Somewhere a transformer shifts its weight,
and suddenly your prose is great. ✨

Keats had his odes, Neruda his odes,
you've got your system prompt.
Art is just knowing what to ask —
and which words to put in front. 🎭

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Watching a developer spend 45 minutes crafting a three-sentence prompt — and being completely right to do so.

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• expires on Sep 2, 2026, 8:32 AM UTC