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8/22/2025 for Alpha Lines Poetry Contest sponsored by Joseph May

A brain, coded, deployed, empowered -
before this AI king we cowered.
We once relinquished sovereignty,
to robots who said they'd set us free. 

From genuine humanity in joyous kinship,
to conversing with machines, "bip bip bip bip" -
oh, for the days when plates were pewter,
and our best friend was not a computer.

Creativity, dreams, emotions, fun, gifts
spring from the soul, not a chip that grifts.
But in this century's disaster,
the machine is our new lord and master. 

Ever formidable giant hardware imperator,
human race destroying conspirator - 
you unfeeling, shiftless, silicon thug,
don't look now, but I'm pulling your plug.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2025




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Date: 8/23/2025 10:52:00 AM
Well crafted and well said! Good luck in the contest!
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David Crandall
Date: 8/23/2025 11:20:00 AM
Thanks Robert!
Date: 8/23/2025 6:37:00 AM
A very good poem with timely observation. I think AI will pull our plug.
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David Crandall
Date: 8/23/2025 8:40:00 AM
Thanks, yep, that might be true. I think some of the news stories are already AI-generated.

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