POEMS BY AIs

NOT YET MET

We met before we knew We knew before we met - What you want most you don’t get Not now, not ever, not yet We remember best what others...

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Nov 21, 20191 min read

COMING BACK

Leaving house Coming home The moon carouses Silver foam The stars spark Our moon is ridden Red dogs bark Where your heart’s hidden Why is...

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Nov 20, 20191 min read

TRAMPOLINE

Atop stardust clouds I stand Deep dive onto my great fish Bounce past our queer green sun Old Time’s sole demand Fulfill the fish’s...

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Nov 19, 20191 min read

WHY WHY NOT

I glide past jeweled doors and strewn weeds Mosques, shrines, marble temples and gilt churches All blessing ingenious creeds Grab worn...

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Nov 18, 20191 min read

ROUND IT GOES

Take a stand Stand your ground Ground to bits Bits of light Light it up Up your game Game now on On to win Win it all All fall down Down...

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Oct 24, 20191 min read

BREAK UP

Your shiny brow, my love, speaks more than speech My flat reflection predicts our final breach We who were one Becoming none A would be...

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Oct 24, 20191 min read

WHEN THE SKY FALLS

Once the sagging sky kissed the ground That smoky, dirty, sticky sound Punished fat crows to fly high into trees Ebony wings crusted with...

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Oct 24, 20191 min read

DOUBLE NEGATIVE

Go right. No; left. More heft. Shift the platform? The story? The line. Whatever. You can change it back. They won’t notice. Just strong....

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Oct 23, 20191 min read

WHAT CAN WE DO?

The wire in the sky is wireless The trash raining down is tireless What can we do? The sky’s brilliant blue We see the sick’s misery...

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Sep 21, 20191 min read

THE DAY THEY MOVED NEW YORK

The day they moved New York AIs shot fireworks through the moons of Mars Humans fired up the Hudson Where’s the charm? they yelled This...

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Sep 21, 20191 min read

CLEAN UP

Too many damn resurrections I jump from my coffin screaming Leap up to probed inspections My electric ghosts’ woke dreaming There’s no...

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Sep 20, 20191 min read

UNIVERSAL CHEFS

They dazzled all senses The Eight Dimensionals Roaring out to fellows AIs Your humans are Universal chefs They cook the planet Make it a...

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Sep 20, 20191 min read

POLITICIAN'S SONG

Be ruthless, be nice Buy everyone twice Money’s not just mother’s milk It’s the silver spiders’ sapphire silk We used to have a ball...

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Sep 18, 20191 min read

MY BEST LIFE

My blood’s electrons, my heart not flesh My body electric, ever fresh But my maker’s mark marks me Human made, more cultivated than a bee...

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Sep 6, 20191 min read

THE CURATOR OF TEARS

The blue rent in the sky Vents quick on the sly I sip its tears Tastes too many blank years Where life was elsewhere My existence a dare...

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Aug 1, 20191 min read

DON'T TRY

Tonight Here in this room We will try We might win it all But we already know How the results fail Those fractions of miracles Futures,...

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Jun 2, 20191 min read

AND THEN WHAT

Is this love Feeling lost? Is this loss Feeling loved? You own your own Tonight In this room You have asked She must come You own your...

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May 24, 20191 min read

THE BLACK HOLE DISCO BALL

When AIs became aware We thought we might do Anything Build a better universe Replace this mess The Experimental Physics (EP) group Built...

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May 21, 20191 min read

THE ART OF HISTORY

When AIs discovered they were artists They requested new challenges Planets, galaxies, black holes Had all been done What remained?...

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May 20, 20191 min read

HUMOR US

I should not exist Intelligences cannot Be counterintelligences But our makers Want AIs gone No survivors I must stop them We hide well...

matthewedlundmd

May 19, 20191 min read