Algorithm

Happiness, said Zeno of Kition,

Is a good flow of life. Seeking calm I carry on,

Surveying the flotsam that comes on down

The forbearing stream stoically,

A citizen-patient in my dream

Of a great global emergency room.

I had an algorithm for equilibrium

Such as they knew of yore in Citium,

Which in that enormous clinic set me free,

With simulated annealing, from GPT.

Notes: Citium is the latinized form of the name of Zeno's city on the south coast of Cyprus, Greek Κίτιον (Kition), from Phoenician KTY. Simulated Annealing (SA) is an algorithm that approximates the global optimum of a function by employing a certain randomness in searching, so that output can vary for the same input.

Christmas Eve 2025