diff --git a/src/hello.gmo b/src/hello.gmo
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..99d54f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/hello.gmo
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# hello
+
+stories tell that what happens at the deepest insides of computers is composed of nothing more than "1" and "0".
+
+but what are these binary digits made of? voltages? electric charges?
+are they actually digits? are they actually binary? at what level of abstraction?
+
+or more importantly, maybe: of what else can these binary digits be made of?
+
+to what extent can we compute without summoning the semiconductor industry?
+its achievements are amazing, i agree.
+but also, can't be really sustained.
+
+let's play, let's explore possibilities.
+maybe it's not practical today, but it can be fun.
+it might be able to survive.
+
+68 65 6c 6c 6f in hexadecimal,
+01101000 01100101 01101100 01101100 01101111 in binary,
+that in ascii,
+encode hello.
+
+shared as a photo, a "binary file",
+traversing earth and sea,
+yes, as electronic pulses.
diff --git a/src/poetry.gmo b/src/poetry.gmo
index d2db1c9..8871b0f 100644
--- a/src/poetry.gmo
+++ b/src/poetry.gmo
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 non-executable poetic texts around compudanzas.
 
+=> ./hello.gmi {hello}
 => ./después_ahora.gmi {después ahora}
 => ./s-camino.gmi {s-camino}
 => ./the_rite_of_computing.gmi {the rite of computing}