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title: Diegetic - hard.exe
url: https://www.halimmadi.com/singulars/hard-exe/diegetic
description: "Diegetic: one theme of hard.exe, two poems, one by the poet and one by the machine, unsigned. Read them and vote."
generated: 2026-10-19
---

# Diegetic

## diegetic.txt

trained

theme · hard.exe

Training is closed. Vote counts are final.

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## vote.exe

2 poems · 29 votes

One poem is by a human, one is by a machine, and you are not told which. Pick the one you prefer, then submit your vote.

poem a

We agree: Moving forward
we'll only say "I love you"
when we know what we mean
the word a sound stretched
like a hand cracking the echo
chamber of estranger
dictionaries open - Here, see
this is skin, warm like a
promise, hungrier than the
future

poem b

The narrative unfolds in a
narrow lane, each stone feels
the steps of habitual feet. Rain
notices the umbrella symbols,
every puddle reflects incomplete
déjà-vu. Next door, behind the
café window, shadows speak
softly in the steam. A baker
hums a forgotten chanson, bread
rhymes come out caramelized. I
choose your back among fluent
strays, to say nothing until
we've crossed to the other
anecdote. We look back, missing
the exact moment where speech
detaches from what it names.

Vote on [the theme's page](https://www.halimmadi.com/singulars/hard-exe/diegetic).