Artifact Provenance Under Repeated Ceremonial Use

Haikus

\nDocument the truth \nThe manual stands unchanged \nQuiet policy\n\n\n\nRead the written rule \nMeaning drifted long ago \nPaper still remains\n\n\n\nBinding by the word \nSystem waits for compliance \nNever fully works\n

Trace the origin
Artifact is made of dust
Ritual is void

Prove the object real
We have lost the source of truth
Stamp the document

Ceremonial
Empty actions on the stage
Actors have gone home

Nothing matters here
We repeat the hollow steps
Process makes it true

File the false report
Provenance is fully blank
Archive the decay