Friday, June 23, 2023

Automatic Destruction (we are the Star of our own Show)

Lay down the rails of iron
   Gut the land for coal
Pray the Locomotion
   Does not run past the Goal—

Collect the latent ions
   From the atmosphere
Hope the Monster relies on
   Intentions in the clear—

Arrange the zero, & the one
   Into intricate patterns
Watch these figure out the Gun
   And Drown us in our taverns—

Automation made the current Way
   Producing entertainment—
Asleep, we go about our day
   Oblivious to our Confinement—

If only we had a little more time
   We could Sew up our mistakes
And See Beyond this little rhyme
   The future, & the stakes—

The Fire we started—probably too soon—
   Still Smoulders far Below—
Prometheus's Grave has been Consumed—
   To the Movies!—
          Off!—
                    we Go!—


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