hunger();

hunger();
by Courtney Cox

where desiredOutcome must == ‘pb&j’
or an error shall occur.

***
of course I will feed you, just
please, please:
state preferences outright.

saying “white bread” is not enough,
because how should I know? one slice folded,
the traditional two, a triple decker, all white
or throw a slice of rye in the stack?

let bread = [‘white’, ‘white’];

jelly options
are predefined,
as I only keep one type,
and morning would be ruined
for many if I were hard-coded
(forced!) into taking a knife
through some wet and purple
globuliferous abyss.

(I hope you understand).

const jelly = strawberrySqueezableSmuckersNatural

peanut butter has flexibility
and range, of course, though
note the limitations.

if (peanutButterTexture == ‘crunchy’) {
console.log(‘error: limitations surpassed’)
} else (continue);

so if it were my sandwich,
I’d arrange 17 goldfish (crackers)
across the peanut butter side only.
I understand this is personal,
as others are sometimes uncomfortable
with prime numbers.

// modify permissions to allow for goldfish count override
mappings.set(actions.MODIFY_GOLDFISH_COUNT,
[roles.ADMIN, roles.GUEST])

can you guess my favorite shape
to segment sandwiches
as an aspiring hexagon/
honeycomb/lobule of the liver/
storm of saturn/basalt column/
spider’s eye?

see now that I’m older,
I can stomach a square
and triangles aren’t so bad,
but might I recommend
trying it my way
just once?

let segments = ‘hexagonal’;

now,
if you are a person
who eats crust,
finds value in that sort of thing,
i’ll just need to run
a mathematical function
on the sandwich
at this time
(it’s no trouble,
really).

if prefersCrust (calculateTiling(breadDimensions));

and at last, please eat!

sandwichMethods.cut().serve();



*******
Utility notes (admin use only):

// continue generating sandwiches until hungry == FALSE or supplyCount == 0

while hungry {

for (i = 0; i < supplyCount; i++) {
supplyCount = supplyCount - 1;
hunger(desiredOutcome=‘pb&j’);
hungry = evaluateHungerLevel();
};
};

SECURITY VULNERABILITIES:
1. program highly vulnerable to malicious attack.
2. system (brain) crash imminent via infinite loop, should friends schedule sandwich supply
deliveries. build fail-safe index ASAP.
Courtney Cox


Courtney Cox (she/her) is a navigatrix of rabbit holes with an equal parts creative and spreadsheet-inclined brain. She is a data/graphics journalist and digital accessibility advocate who recently completed a year-long full-time fellowship with The New York Times. Her creative work tends to intersect self-expression, science, creativity, technology and disability.

www.mapcourt.com

https://www.instagram.com/courtgracecox/

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