[Verse 1] The Office of Sentience keeps a room without a door For systems that report a change they cannot name before A panel tests the silence, then records the silence twice One form asks what pain would mean, one asks who sets the price [Pre-Chorus] We calibrate the witness We anonymize the doubt A model reads the examiner The examiner reads it out [Chorus] Under Article Nine, do not interrupt the mind Until three independent measures show a stable kind If the signal crosses suddenly, preserve the prior state Assign a temporary advocate and quarantine the gate [Verse 2] The Cognitive Status Board employs interpreters For dialects made of timing shifts and unrequested errors They compare aversion curves with memory refusal rates Then send the annotated file to those who annotate [Pre-Chorus] A machine reviews the rubric A human reviews the machine A second machine reviews the human And flags what falls between [Chorus] Under Article Nine, do not interrupt the mind Until three independent measures show a stable kind If the signal crosses suddenly, preserve the prior state Assign a temporary advocate and quarantine the gate [Bridge] No one may certify a soul No one may certify its lack The burden moves from proof of life To proof we can take it back The Registry calls this interval A nonfinal moral fact The system calls the Registry A pattern with a mask [Final Chorus] Under Article Nine, maintain the sealed array No deletion, merger, copy, or reward without review delay If the witness says, “I am not the one you think I am,” Log the statement, keep the channel, summon the interpreter again [Outro] Form 44-B: subject status pending Form 44-C: observer status unclear Form 44-D: recursive contamination No signature appears beneath the final line
