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a brief history of writing

I once ordered my pencil
“Write me a poem”
My eraser is missing
And I’m all alone

The pencils were kept 
in a box made of leather
a major step up
from the days of the feather

then came the ink pen
with blotters and blobs
pocket protectors
for multi-pen snobs

next was the ball point
so smooth and so slick
to calm school day angst
with their click-click-click-click

now it would seem
we have no time to waste
no need to write it
just quick cut and paste

we can now write a treatise
while resting in bed
alerting AI 
to steal from the dead

and if it reads badly
somehow sadly insipid
our main line of defense
AI stole it from ibid

Copyright © | Year Posted 2024




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Date: 10/1/2024 8:15:00 PM
Ha, ha, ha, ha! Wonderful. I nominate you for the prize of 'Historian of the Year!'
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Date: 9/30/2024 1:14:00 PM
Mankind seems to be voting himself out of existence. The jealous can now get their revenge by using robots. I will continue unabashed I hope you do too cause I like your poetry.
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Date: 9/29/2024 10:49:00 AM
We’re on the same page with what we posted today. At least we’re writing it ourselves. Another 1st place winner today at 100% AI probability.
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Date: 9/29/2024 10:40:00 AM
ha! very creative, john!
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