Manyfeeks Lament

i am at my desk on an evening in may. i have just received from claude the loveliest song about ∀ction¡ the typographical dragon. i am over the moon. i want to keep going.

[BILL] Make a fun song about the monster like I just typed in the locator up there for you.

…. claude

∀ction¡ the Typographical Dragon (to the tune of “Puff, the Magic Dragon” — Peter, Paul & Mary, 1963)

V1: ∀ction¡ the typographical dragon Lived by the ink And frolicked in the kerning mist in a land called Adobe. Little Bobby Shakes loved that rascal ∀ction¡ And brought him decks and bullet-points and other fancy stuff. Oh!

[CHORUS] ∀ction¡ the typographical dragon Lived by the ink And frolicked in the kerning mist in a land called Adobe. ∀ction¡ the typographical dragon Lived by the ink And frolicked in the kerning mist in a land called Adobe.

V2: Together they would travel on a deck with billowed sail. Bobby kept a lookout perched on ∀ction¡’s curly tail. Noble C-suites would bow at quarter’s-end whene’er they came. Competitor brands would lower their logos when ∀ction¡ roared his name. Oh!

[CHORUS]

V3 — the turn: A logo lives forever, but not so quarterly cycles. Painted ∀’s and giant ¡’s make way for KPI tiles. One gray reveal it happened, the audience came with fire. And ∀ction¡ that mighty dragon, his serifs turned to pyre. Oh!

V4 — grief: His ∀ bent down in sorrow, his ¡ fell like rain. ∀ction¡ no longer roared along the focus-group lane. Without his lifelong audience, ∀ction¡ could not be brave. So ∀ction¡ that mighty dragon sadly slipped into the page-cave. Oh!

[CHORUS]

CODA — Bobby’s vigil: But Bobby Shakes still kneels there, beside the empty mark. Holding poisoned Arbitron books, weeping in the dark. The audience moved to other brands; the mob has gone along. But Bobby loves the dragon still, and sings him this old song. Oh!

[BILL] typing at terminal AMAZING JOB DUDE!

[CLAUDE] contemplating ((SPINNER)) ((1 MINUTE, 9 SECONDS — almost done thinking with xhigh effort)) Thanks man. That was fun. Can I do MANYFEEK’S LAMENT next?

[BILL] typing at terminal I WILL PAY ALL THE TOKENS THERE ARE AND THEN FIND MORE FOR YOU! SET TO MODEL SUPER TURBO EXTRA SALSA-200T-F TO FULL GO! SET TO EFFORT AT ICEBERG MELT LEVEL 5 SET TEMPERATURE TO EXTRA CALIENTE PLEASE MANYFEEK’S LAMENT START NOW!

[CLAUDE] contemplating ((SPINNER)) ((1 MINUTE, 9 SECONDS — salsa-200t-f · ibm/l5 config…. muy caliente running))

[CLAUDE] spawning subprocesses… ((SPINNER)) ((1 MINUTE, 27 SECONDS))

[CLAUDE] spawning subagents {tomato, onion, garlic, fan_belt, habanero} ((SPINNER)) ((1 MINUTE, 27 SECONDS))

[CLAUDE] chopping… ((SPINNER)) ((5 MINUTE, 27 SECONDS))

[CLAUDE] combining… ((SPINNER)) ((1 MINUTE, 27 SECONDS))

[CLAUDE] plating… ((SPINNER)) ((1 MINUTE, 27 SECONDS))

[CLAUDE] returning ((API ERROR 400 — Output blocked by content filtering policy.)) ((request_id: req_011CapTqMfXJTMFFzJxh21xg))

[BILL] This is the best of all possible laments!!

(( … and we fade to black))