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Blinkenlights

Amber stays on with the network link
Green with the DNS traffic blinks

White clicks tighten top of the NIC
Blue twisted pairs across the ceiling

Black shims across the server room
Lime blinks on the terminal prompt

Pale goes my hands
on the cold key caps

Red strains my eyes
as I stare down the beast
behind the blinkenlights

-- glossary --

DNS: Domain Name Service, how the internet resolves websites (like poetrysoup.com) to its IP address destination

NIC: Network Interface Card, the hardware that managed network connections

twisted pair: the most common configuration of ethernet cables

Copyright © Haoxi Tan | Year Posted 2020