Activated Language (Poem as Function)

Activated Language

Poem (type/paste here - this IS the program)

If we puke oil They might notice us Bent over a chair Where has my head gone? To blood a projection Get caught ripping Stomach from my mouth A needle here A needle there Frothing at the mouth Touching my nose Smoke pouring from my hand Summoning a presence Exalting, sighing, breathing Release

Each line is transformed by tokens left→right. Every letter A–Z is an opcode. Newlines are preserved.

Output

Single-screen layout. Output is larger for reading.

How the A–Z Parser Works

Per line, scan tokens from left to right. If a token begins with a letter (A–Z), that letter is a command on the entire line. The rest of the token (if any) is its inline argument. Some commands will take the next token as an argument when none is inline.

Argument-hungry letters: a e f h k m p x y consume the next token if their inline arg is empty.

Command reference (A–Z):

• aX append X   b wrap in ** **   c sentence case (Cap first, rest lower)
• d de-dupe consecutive repeated words   eX erase X   fA+B find/replace A→B
• gN glitch (N small random char swaps; default 1)   hN head: keep first N words (default 3)
• i wrap in * *   j join/squeeze spaces (collapse whitespace)
• kX keep only words containing X (literal)   l lower
• mX mark matches of X with brackets [match]   n number line (1., 2., ...)
• o wrap in [ ]   pX prepend X   q quote with > prefix
• r reverse words (rchars for characters)   s shuffle (soft swap; s words/swords full)
• t Title Case   u UPPER   v remove vowels   w whisper (spaces → ... )
• xX redact matches of X with Xs   yN yank: remove word N (default last)
• z zip repeated letters (aa→a, sss→s)

Examples: u e blood → UPPER then erase “blood” • h4 j → keep first 4 words, squeeze spaces • n q → number and quote the line