Future

>b>and this bizarre possibility
what does the future present to us?
we can break calendars,
I thought.
shedding skin like snakes,
we can shine dark
lighting up the chromosomes that we are.
we can create our avatars,
surpass ourselves,
become the effigies that will replace us
containing the courage we lost
when we shamefully weaken,
when we definitely walked away
of what we could become
when we accept to be
merely the humans we are
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June 10, 2022 at 11:03 AM
accept... excellent word... choice... :) Well written. I enjoyed this writing very much. Ann
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June 11, 2022 at 3:13 AM
I appreciate your words, Ann!!
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June 6, 2022 at 12:56 PM
Ah, visions of the time of AI, not such a "bizarre possibility" I'm afraid, as we "surpass ourselves" with the technology we, in a sense, developed...invented. Can we ever simply walk away from what we have become, Marco? Isn't it a bit too late to experience your last three lines, I'm suspecting?
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June 6, 2022 at 2:00 PM
I believe there will still be a lot of discussion about Artificial Intelligence, ethical aspects, the possibility of self-destruction, etc.
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