Gershon Wolf Poet Free verse

A Sunny Good Morning

He puts on his brave mask, oozing CONFIDENCE
  Walks with a SWAGGER in his gait, tilted FORWARD
SMILES broadly, whistling a HAPPY tune, as he
  GREETS perfect strangers with a sunny 'GOOD MORNING'

Takes his accustomed seat on the train; views the
  FINANCIAL news to scan the CRUCIAL developments
In the world of BUSINESS, his world, as he HURTLES
  DOWNTOWN, to the land of SKYSCRAPERS, those

MAGNIFICENT monoliths, bastions of WEALTH and security
   Now BRIMMING with enthusiasm, he EXUBERANTLY opens
The door to HIS OFFICE, logs on views his emails -- What's
   this? -- "You've been replaced by a robot. HAVE A NICE DAY!"

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Tom Cunningham January 16, 2019 at 12:39 PM Love it Gershon, reminds me of factories years ago with hundreds of workers now it only takes one or two to operate, it will get worse. Tom. Gershon Wolf January 16, 2019 at 6:56 PM Yup. You're right, as usual. Thanks for commenting, my friend. Here's to retiring before the robots get us!

Bobby May January 16, 2019 at 7:52 AM I couldn't of said it better my friend, the computer age is not as great as everyone thinks it is. No one creates anymore, mankind is losing that battle to machines and it's happening right before their eyes. Gershon Wolf January 16, 2019 at 12:23 PM Your comment is well-taken, Bobby, and---oops, I've gotta go: Time for the robot to feed me lunch... :) gw

Caren Krutsinger January 16, 2019 at 3:18 AM This is so telling, and true I am afraid. We will not know when we have been replaced until the robot sends us our final check. So sad, and so notoriously true. Will the robots keep paying us? I hope so. Gershon Wolf January 16, 2019 at 12:23 PM Ha, ha: The robots are already paying us, aren't they? (Isn't everything done by AI/algorithm these days? … You're right; it's scary! :) gw