Programmer and Shrimp

In virtual space, in the universe of code,
There lived Programmer, genius of computer networks.
He wrote programs, created algorithms,
He used language that is incomprehensible to most.

Next to him lived small Shrimp,
She was tender, weak and defenseless.
She swam in the water, tumbled in the depths,
And her grace surprised everyone around.




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Once Programmer admired at Shrimp,
How easily she swims and soars in the water.
He was captivated by her grace and beauty,
And he decided that she would become his muse.

Programmer created a virtual world for Shrimp,
Where she could live and play forever.
He wrote a program that simulated water
And settled Shrimp in a new virtual environment.

Shrimp, having got into a fictional world of dreams,
Felt herself free, inspired and powerful.
She floated in an imaginary world shining with light,
And ordered the universe by the power of her will.

So Programmer and Shrimp became friends,
Together they were engaged in creativity and traveled network.
Programmer has learned to see beauty in simplicity,
It was pure and absolute cyberpunk.

And as it should be in cyberpunk, one day Programmer realized
That his world is as much a simulation as world of Shrimp.
He wanted to rebel against the creator, but he could not,
Because the creator started mining cryptocurrency,
And all the water in Programmer's universe was spent on cooling.

In this way, Programmer boiled together with Shrimp,
But Shrimp was not really boiled,
Because she didn't really exist.
She was just an avatar of creator in the universe of Programmer.

Well, everything is so clear here, even too lazy to explain.
The universe of creator was also virtual,
And it was created by Programmer
In those rare moments, when he did not pretend to be Shrimp,
Which, according to creator's intention, was created by himself.



The original text was written by me in Russian. I haven't studied English systematically so the translation may not be ideal. The main work was done by Google Translate, I just corrected obvious absurdities, where I noticed them and where I did not confuse them with brilliant insights.