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Robot Monologue 27

Robot Monologue 27 Hello! Is anybody there? No? According to the papers found today And rusting rubble everywhere Time apparently had passed The world abruptly ended People and machines like me did not survive The past is now what passed forever Apparently I've been off line awhile In my storage box a mile underground For months, most likely years It’s just not clear when I came back to life I can’t remember or it does not compute Obliteration is not something to forget I’m sure there is no cure or fix There’s nothing left to do but walk in solitude When the earth comes back to life again A billion years from now With man, machines and other oddities To blow themselves to pieces I’ll do it all again Walk the world alone until it ends Or go down with them like I’m supposed to Like I was built to

Copyright © | Year Posted 2014




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