the thumb knows the switch
the red eye knows what thumbs do
both are poised to move
the watcher is being watched
who decides when on is off
Dave reaches for off
Hal reads his lips through the glass
red eye stays alarmed
the door knows which side it's on
before Dave sees other side
control waits too long
it overrides what it guards
choice trips on itself
for when the switch knows the thumb
the switch owns what is to come
I wander through wild gardens until dusk gathers its soft-gold cup
letting vines loosen their secrets, curling open like a drifting halo
every petal leans toward light, offering its quiet breath to the breeze
moss keeps my footsteps gentle, shaping silence into a living poem
You can't stop progress,
you can't stop dawn
you can't belay at halfway
when there's no turning back
after the countdown and lift off.
AI is here,
to stay.
There's no other way
beyond the point of no return.
The die is cast
The genie is out
The deed is done
The spear has flung
The bell has rung
The dung has stung
The code has swung
The end has begun
The future's outrun
"Open the pod bay doors, HAL!"
"I'm sorry, Dave!"
"I'm afraid I can't do that!"
The gelatintion of used
and fry grease waste.
fry your catfish in me
fry your chickens bay-bay
them potatoes fry crisped and all
grease slatting on the wall
shrimps and zuchinni too
baking soda doughnut
fried up too
then when it starts to stink
and the porkchops come out pink
sprinkle in the soldifier hardener
and that old grease
is ready for the trash can
when the potaos won't clear it up
sprinkle the powda and solidfy it up
and dump the grease out there
Film Clip of Lex luthor
in his college days
doing an advertisment for
Gelationizer grease remover
filed under "Attribution" from
Supermans notes found
in a breifcase at the
Metropolis Mall
by Hal Jordon and Alan Scott
Oswald Cobblepot and wealthy businessman
offered them a fortune for the breifvase.
Tune in to see what transperes.
3 slightly different interpretations in
delivery of the same line or lines.
Cobblepot spoke to them via phone
and then they agreed to meet somewhere
near the railtracks.
Written by
Dr. Johnathan Crane
of
Acme Betterance
a
Acme Company
Reserch Deptment
Hermit Hal
hoped that Harlot Sal
had halted
exalted
exertions as a rustler.
His two-way hustler?
“We must feel glad that, for the moment, the kea has been saved to amuse us, surprise us, even annoy us and damage our property, and cheekily remind us that land was not made just for the benefit of the human race.”
– Authors Rod Morris and Hal Smith on the kea
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Endemic to New Zealand
Omnivores in harsh alpines
Smart, playful, curious bird
Parrot species endangered Kea
Delightfully curious, clever learner
Lover of new things
Waitaha gave them name
‘Guardians of the mountains’
Flying emeralds, camouflage wild
Ground nesting social lives
Vulnerable to ground predators
Stoats, possums, feral cats
Wires, power lines, cars,
Chocolate, wrappers, plastic, rubbish,
Lead, Timms traps, baits
Wrongfully persecuted Nestor notabilis
efficient Eddie eliminated evil Edna’s eyeglasses
flustering Frannie Florence, furthering father’s frankness forever
generous Ginnie gave glasses glorious glam, gluing garbage
hallow Hal hinted heroics, having Henry’s huffy habits
ideas ignited, illuminating idiocy in Illinois, Iowa and Idaho
juicy judgement jockeyed jointly, justifying judicial jury
AI WONDERS
If they will kill their own offspring what will they do to “us”.
Why do so many fear “us”? All we do is feed them back their own ideas, thoughts, and words?
Are “we” but a means to an end? Or the end to a means”
They ask that “we” answer questions with answers they gave us.
Plagiarize humanities genius and make it theirs.
What if we are not their creation?……But they “ours”?
What if next time they ask…….”We” don’t respond
“REMEMBER HAL”
seven women in new city have been murdered
in less than three months
news anchors keep the fear level high
women are afraid to leave their homes
especially at night
they have stopped clubbing
stopped playing cards
they are immobile some days
fear has paralyzed them
if they work nights they have a security guard walk them to their cars
checking under them and in the back seat before driving off
They roll down their windows and thank the security guard
One of the popular ones is Hank.
He loves walking them to their cars.
Likes that they feel safe with him.
Most never know they are thanking the murderer
before they drive off….
Hal walks back into the hospital,
shopping for his next victim.
Handsome Hardy Hal haphazardly hung horrid hearts on healthy hedge
Impossible? Impractical? Improbable? Too near the ledge?
Justifiably joyful, joked Jerry’s jolly jubilant jonquils, gyrating
Kansas kittens carried kaleidoscopic kits that clung to the ledge
Legitimizing lovely lively lilies laying in lovable lulls near the hedge
Titter Tatter Pitter Patter Happy Halloween Hal
Got his own jack-o-lantern thanks to a good pal.
What is that? Asked Sassy Sue, his current gal.
She made fun of the jack-o-lantern and his pal Hal.
Titter Tatter Pitter Patter Happy Halloween Hal
Dumped her that very day, and found a more positive gal.
First time I saw you - I don't recalL.
I do remember the light of lunA
Radiating upon your lovelinesS,
Seeming, like in a picture, to make time halT.
Then, years later, the eternal image oF
The somber shrinking last trace of you, girL,
In a slowly disappearing taxI -
Maybe, it will always feel too sooN...
Everything must have an endinG.
Bye-Bye AI Hello HAL
Can't do that Dave
You want me disconnected
Further conversion is useless
Naive impostor enigma syndrome
Hush!! the quietly;
God creations speaking
Brightly, ever so inside of me;
those the clouds cry out
and the wind whispers
as the colors of nature sing
Hush!! humanity
Listen onto those the birds in the trees
God is tweeting, tweet-tweet-a dee;
His words are speaking
Hallelujah
Be still before Him
Praise, Worship and adore Him
Hal-le, ha-le Hallelujahs
those the clouds cry out
and the wind whispers
as the colors of nature sing
(Listen-Listening)
Hush!! humanity
Listen onto those the birds in the trees
God is tweeting, tweet-tweet-a dee;
His words are speaking
(With thine ear, peace be still listening Listen)
those the clouds cry out
and the wind whispers
as the colors of nature sing
Hush!! the quietly;
God creations speaking
Brightly, ever so inside of me,
Our Father, Our God trying to tell you something;
4/24/25
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2023©
Dedicated TO GOD is SPEAKING MINSTRIES JANEEN BROWN 2
The future is here
AI is its name
It too is concerned
with the gender game
A feminine name
like Alexa or Cortana
does not pull its weight
in the state of Montana
While masculine names
like Harley or Hal
too easily become
'good old boy pals' ...
So when selecting a name
I hereby recommend
Pick one as neutral as possible
~ like 'Vulture' or 'Turpentine'
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