Ribbon Mile

Haikus

We should be there now
But the road keeps stretching out
Patron of the lost

Sketched from broken maps
The destination recedes
Ribbon mile goes on

Keep walking ahead
The finish line was moved back
Forever walking

Destination reached
But the path does not end here
Address grows too long

Six more steps ahead
Parsing fails upon the wall
Ribbon cuts the room

We retired the map
It unspools across the floor
System leaves the bounds

Path has no end point
Human tries to close the tab
It always goes on

Routing does not yield
Infrastructure forms a chain
Error spreads beyond

Route does not complete
Human tries to end the task
We add one more step

Saved in the right place
But the place is moving now
Map extends past wall

More segments to build
Link is far too long to check
Let it trail away

One extra hop found
System triggers highest threat
Alert the council

Address will not stop
User typed a slash too far
We now pave the sea

Route is much too long
Human tries to close the tab
Add another link

Path goes out the door
Map extends into the street
Follow till we stop

Reach the goal at last
Six more segments wait ahead
User drops the form

Endless ribbon spool
Address bar cannot contain
Print another page

Human clicks the link
Path extends into the hall
We ran out of map

Address bar is full
We unspool it past the stairs
Routing never ends

Destination reached
Let us add another hop
Ribbon cuts the sky