Image by Tomasz Zaczeniuk
these icons
of the clever human
they once vibrated
with the rush and chaos
of synapse and sinew
they hummmed
with networked urgency
a torrent of data
outdistancing comprehension
‘we can’
beyond the reach
of ‘should we’
a time too blind
to see its faulted fate
a time to turn back
sadly came too late
bedecked in stainless
stone
and arrogance
a halogen blaze
of neon fire
burnt logic
they surged
with the impulse of power
and greed
in varying shape
and differing size
they flanked for miles
in gridded corridors
that crissed and crossed
blinked and beeped
buzzed and hissed
they stank!
temples of avarice
now but this lone
crumbling monolith
this final tribute
to human folly
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these icons
of the clever human
shrines of synapse and sinew
humming
with networked urgency
torrents of data
outdistancing comprehension
‘we can’
beyond the reach
of ‘should we’
bloated
with a need for power
diseased with greed
temples of avarice
now but this lone
crumbling monolith
this final tribute
to human folly
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