Smartest Man Alive

Tonight I’m the smartest man alive.
I scaled a problem, insurmountable,
I resolved an issue, unsolvable.
Line after line of text, comments,
For loops, conditionals, and arrays,
Lay prostrate on the battlefield
Of my intellectual conquest, executed.
Here before me, the spoils of my war,
Multicolored lines and fortunate dots
Surfacing a tale concealed in complexity.
Oh my friend, blessed stranger abroad,
Resident of France or China or Russia,
Perhaps you too will claim the title
But tonight I am the smartest man alive.

-T. Weeks
(A response to “This Moment Yearning and Thoughtful”}