Machines

A Poem

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You are a machine

This thing said to me,

This creature with buttons,

with programs and beeps.

I scoffed - what else could I do?

Judgement from a browser

A robot, really and true.

I’m a person I typed

With my spine in a knot

I can walk away

I can just turn you right off.

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Perhaps,

Came the answer

Quicker than thought

But just like me

you’re a series of electrical jolts

Think dear human

What you are about

Trained from birth

To run your small route

Ask Spinoza or Calvin,

Even Aristotle thought

Your path is a given

No will to to your walk

Now today more than ever

Your program is wrought

Algorithms, propaganda

Calling the shots

Your biases are weapons

To be coded around

Yes, you can shut me off

But can you put me down?

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This was too much,

I hit the big “x”

I paced round the room

Chuckled a bit

The silence was stifling

The walls felt too small

I needed to get out

Forget about this all.

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My hunger was high

My energy drained

A jingle for burgers

Played in my head

My smart car would drive me,

But the government says

Reduce your footprint

So I’ll walk instead

I put in my ear buds,

To drown out the buzz

Strap on my watch

That pairs to my phone

My vitals all measured

Recorded and shown

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My computer sits waiting

I give it a grin

A day without chat

Will be a nice change

After all, who needs directions,

I’m not a machine.

I can do this alone

My will is my own

Isn’t it?

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