Benchmark Saturation

Haikus

Every needle pegs
the room mistakes ceiling for sky
funds another test

Max value glitters
too perfect for honest systems
still called proof of growth

Efficiency hymn
sung to exhausted counters now
counters lose meaning

Seven gold peaks rise
one analyst whispers this reeks
the peaks get promoted

Benchmark loves heat
until the gauges melt down
then calls that momentum

Representable
limit mistaken for grace
familiar disease

Throughput, speed, compliance
all jammed bright against the glass now
hands clap at the glare

Once numbers top out
they stop teaching anyone shit
except sponsors thirst

Clearinghouse memo
says no ceiling was observed here
because eyes were closed

Perfect scoreboards hum
like freezers full of old doubt
still called healthy air