a serf aggrieved

"Gardner wrote to M.C. Escher in 1961 to ask permission to use his Horseman tessellation in an upcoming column about H.S.M. Coxeter. Escher replied, saying that he knew Gardner as author of The Annotated Alice, which had been sent to Escher by Coxeter. The correspondence led to Gardner introducing the previously unknown Escher's art to the world."

yet continue as we have
no more counting up the debt
no regret or dreadin'
ol' Armageddon
while we're enclosed in a hive
yes continue as we must
in the Algorithm we trust
which extracts the magic
as grown children fidget
at screens of covet & lust
        screen
        time
        it's the antidote of fear
        ape
        hook
        it's the alibi that's dear
so let's squander our last deal
knowing well there won't be more
since the lapse of reason
describes the season
& finitude is unfair