to FAVE or not to FAVE
To fave or not to fave, is that the question
Whether ‘tis nobler to remain silent
To hurl faint praise and fortune
Suffer the pangs of outrageous doubt
Or take up arms against a sightless algorithm
And by opposing them. ..To try – to sleep,
No more: amid the angst of glory’s glut
To write, perchance to dream, now there’s the rub
For on that page what words may come
When we have shuffled off this muse’s toil
Must give us pause --- Where’s the respect
That make calamity of so long a write.
For who would bear the whims of AI scorn
Challenge the oppressor’s right or wrong
The pangs of twisted words now on display
The insolence the words themselves convey
The patient merit the unworthy take
With muted words a silenced voice to bare
To grunt and swear at writing’s dreary life
Ominous tomes unread ‘til after death
Discovered on the yellowed pages torn
By heirless patrons puzzling the will
Makes us cherish still the words we have
Than search for others that we know not of
Thus, conscience comes before the coward’s fall
And thus, the furtive pen seeks retribution
“Is sicklied o’er with the pale cast of thought”.
And pages filled with pith and frozen moment
Without regard are read by minds awry
And lose an unsought gain
//My sincerest apology to Shakespeare and his minions//
Copyright © John Lawless | Year Posted 2024
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