Contested Cache Expiry

Haikus

Ursula sent two
headers at one small asset
both wore the same hat

Fresh for one whole day
rot immediately now
both signatures true

Four hundred ms
she split the truth down its heart
future met the past

Servers said: fuck if
we know which one is correct
checksum looked just fine

Stale but with some zest
fresh but only by request
now and also not-now

The web is always
already broken, she said
I accelerate grace

Logs had valid signs
which made the rot worse to view
cryptographically true

Browser took fresh as
law, the CDN flagged flaws
half a second wide

Cache hearing at noon
ended when both claims were blessed
howl at the edge-moon

If one file feels old
and new at the same moment
Ursula was here