Maxwell’s Demon Doesn’t Rule the Roost

In dig’tal realms—where ones and zeros reign

Supreme—lost broadcasts, noise, and static rule

The day. A signal dropped is re-obtained

To re-compute a message misconstrued.

Our digital machines precisely stream

ACKnowledgement of messages exchanged—

Small quantum information packets themed

To ‘Yes’ or ‘No.’ But human speech—constrained

By words alone—has no such in-built mode

For validating truth and falsity.

Instead, we string together words imbued

With shades of gray and ambiguity.