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A Gnostic Cyborg

Little men inside my skull
      run machines that make me whole.

Trapped within the storage bond
      of neuron chem and thoughts beyond.

Little men with pencil hair
      program charts for pain and chair.

Neuron cranes moving protons
      up and down -- switching thoughts on.

Little men run all around
      one trips the cord -- make no sound.

The cord of life, a fleshy wire
      holds angel light and angel power.

And my eye whites turn black
      and this little man has his back
            against the grey computer.

He gazes out the window of my eyes
       and wonders --
                     "What the . . ."




Copyright © Benjamin Bartley

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