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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Almost is one of the most important words in the language.
Those who stayed withered beneath machines,
invisible veins with no knowledge of the heart.
Still, they came.
Still, they burned the bodies.