I wrote this thinking about expectations that look good on me but make me stand and sit like someone else. How much of my own behavior I hand over? HUSH HALO is a dystopian sci-fi poetry collection set in a near-future, shaped by technology and irreversible choice.
Dressed for Destiny
Hush Halo · Poetry by Sam Oldman
This dress does not decorate.
It disciplines.
It shapes how I enter space,
how I arrange my spine,
how much of myself
I allow
to surface.It fits too well to be hated,
as if tailored from memory.Instead of being worn by me
it has grown on me.This dress
I don’t dare to tear.This breath of air
I risk to wear.
©2026 Sam Oldman
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CONTEXT: After the Great Optimization we all had a choice. These poems reflect on the realm chosen by Systoics, a privileged group that integrated into the system, believing they had now perfected themselves.
I’m Sam.
A mother of two,
a neurohappy writer with
a shade of inbuilt melancholy.
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HUSH HALO is a dystopian sci-fi poetry collection
set in a near-future, shaped by technology and irreversible choice. Each poem is paired with a unique soundscape. Poetry and concept by Sam Oldman. Images and soundscapes are created by the writer using various generative tools.
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The idea of predestination rang in my head during the assessment of the textiles here.