In the year 5555
Your arms hangin' limp at your sides
Your legs got nothin' to do
Some machine's doin' that for you
From In the Year 2525 by Zager and Evans
Luddite
Robots that clean floors
and pools
Robots that assist with
surgery
Robots that search for
explosives
Robots in all areas of
manufacturing
Robots unpiloted as
drones
Self-driving cars
Self-regulating thermostats
Self-guiding weapons
Self-regulating houses
It won’t take until the year 5555
The time is already here
What will we have left to do
A machine can do it all for us
I am rapidly becoming a Luddite
Winter gives some wildlife a rest,
But most birds are put to a test.
Most do try, most do their best.
Kingfishers migrate to the coast.
Rivers freeze, can no longer host
Birds can feed on crumbled toast,
But prefer wild bird seed the most.
Peanuts, preferred by most ****.
Wild mammals, feed them bits,
Of what you think their diet fits.
Grey squirrels just greedy gits.
Badgers, foxes, and stray cats.
Winter hibernators, like all bats,
Reptiles, amphibians, more facts.
Have built-in automatic thermostats.
Spring approaching, warm sun.
Winter almost over, almost done.
Cock birds singing, for a mate, a mum.
They'll help it to feed their young.
Winter gives some wildlife a rest.
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Entered in 'Rhyme Time III', sponsored by Laura Loo
F ire desire lovingly aspire delicious degrees
A s if a heated arousing embrace is not enough
H as a heart beat ever been an entrusted agreement
R eflections of a haunted passion
E ncrusted in mint
N othing I need more except the warmth of her bosom against my cheek
H ot as the evening is in this 500° embrace BABY, it's cold outside!
E excessive excitement is all we need, thermostats explode
I instant explosion of mercury intimate secrets revealed
T ouch me now ouch I feel my destiny next to me I breath
---away from you I expire DESIRE I'M FIRE
Hear the weather
upon the roof,
Winter is a'coming:
As landscapes
drowse
Autumn arrives
on the wind:
Wardrobes are
ransacked,
thermostats
turn red-
so earlier to bed
6/24/17
Doing the bare minimum, or max
Won't always be the first or last
Near and far from waters with or without bass
Walking and running on grass
Driving slow or fast, still using gas
Seeing through my own eyes and often glass
Not spending time at any religious mass
Just taking out the trash
Walking down my own path
With an occasional laugh
Thinking toward the future, in the present and back into the past
So much pettiness and ******** over cash
Things being drawn out or happening in a flash
Just like that
All across the map
In and out of any habitat
Areas in sunlight or pitch black
Places with none, one or multiple bird baths
Similar and different temperatures on thermostats
Ah, the great old debate about whether or not the Earth is flat
Meanwhile time continues to elapse
Across a rather vast
Expanse full of life such as plants
And ants
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