Hash Table Art

Accessing and modifying
A tradition gets done faster

When the art holds more memory,
But revolutions spin slowly

In the more streamlined traditions.
Where’s the balance between constraints

And optimal capaciousness?
An art can be ephemeral,

Existing only as long as
The lives of originators,

Or pass through dozens of cultures,
But can anyone predict which?

If it can continually shift
Meaning to preferred locations,

That is, however old it is,
The art redirects attention

To where attention wants to go
Now, that art’s optimized to live.