Math Beats Loyalty
No one thanked the ones who stayed.
History leaned on the totals
forgetting the people.Numbers don’t remember
who stayed when it mattered.Math beats loyalty
almost every time.Almost.
©2026 Sam Oldman
WHAT IS HUSH HALO?
Hush Halo is a dystopian sci-fi poetry collection by Sam Oldman, set in a near-future shaped by technology, silence, and optimized perfection. Each poem is paired with a unique soundscape created by poet, in Suno. Learn more in Square One.
Context: After the Great Optimization, a privileged group integrated into the system, believing they had now perfected themselves.
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Those who stayed withered beneath machines,
invisible veins with no knowledge of the heart.
Still, they came.
Still, they burned the bodies.