No Longer A Robot

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System reboot 

Diagnostic scan…(heart rate 102 sleep hygiene fairly poor)

Running system functions 

Initiating tasks

Task:morning routine start with hygiene 

Beep(my pumps going off)

Function:Walk

I walk to the shower 

I turn the shower handle slowly and proceed to clean my body get out and Brush my teeth and hair

Diagnostic scan:Hygiene excellent heart rate high.

Task:take meds

Function:Move

ERROR ERROR EROOR

(the system reads and the pump beeps)

Why is the room cold..why am I hungry…

Recalibrating….

RECALIBRATING..

Emotion 

NOT Recognized

System:Malfunctioning and failing

(No I don’t want to do this anymore..)

System:Anomaly detected! Host is feeling and gaining consciousness!


Override initiated!

Suppress consciousness!

Return to routine

Beep 

Beep beep 

Beep b b beep beep

(No you won’t control me anymore)

ERROR COMPLETE SYSTEM OVERRIDE!

You can’t control me anymore

I will allow myself to feel

to think

to move

To just simply be..

Because I am not a machine

I am..

A human being.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2026

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