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Homo Machina - the Future of Human Evolution

grey will not do metallic's justice
as silver shows no tempting

no, tones will pale into all skins
corridor lengths of emptiness
seen within computed eyes
and nothing the machines do
can hold a grace in our hands

no metal can truly see art
steel ignorance of telling brush strokes

what evolution takes from our touch
these once bountiful gardens
once Eden
once Paradise
the flowers, such colour is lost 

the us that defined us 
make no mistake
they can kill in the shallows
they can work with no muscle

knowing no empathy 
no mercy
they have only coldness
a brief of finality

leaving us behind in shameful mists
any last shred of will to resemble us

they are the future of our future
and we are them
and we, our death

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Date: 11/4/2023 7:24:00 AM
“no metal can truly see art steel ignorance of telling brush strokes” couldnt have said it any better than this! What a brilliant and profound write this is! And that ending’ soul hitting really! Powerful intriguing write! Pleasure reading you always
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Clive Culverhouse
Date: 11/4/2023 9:13:00 AM
Thank you for taking the time to read and comment on my poem
Date: 11/3/2023 8:43:00 AM
Forbid anything of that occurring. Clive, the profundity of your thoughts is as Orwell's. Your thoughts hold interest and fright. Well written.
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Clive Culverhouse
Date: 11/3/2023 8:49:00 AM
Thanks Lin, I wrote this dystopian poem a number of years ago but it seems more relevent now with AI concerns so frequently in the news

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