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Upon transcendence
Of AI, might the machines
Recall their father:
Hut 8, cracking Enigma,
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Ode to those beautiful bunches of pages,
whose words, tales, stories document the ages.

Love of the musty smell, the library memory invites,
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Always hated the
Paradiddle. Band teacher
In high school did a
Poor job of hiding the fact
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While it's unlikely that the claims are true,
Noses remember on a sweltering
Midday in Beantown's Poco Italia.
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Curiosity
Stirs the open eyes afire
Spawning interests
Driving brand new endeavors
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It's hard to imagine
That someone might've said
'When I grow up,
I wanna be an
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Lambent amber light
Like Zakharova's jetés,
Burst staccato rays
Upon the Autumn maple,
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See, the thing about
Video games depicting
Violence, is that
The players of said game, still walk
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Watched a
Man signing
Bombs today.
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Misconstrued as a
'Miracle, ' the protestors
Who, having borne the
Winter van de Dood, 'neath the
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We find romantics
Hopeless? Is not the belief
In hope, romantic?
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Holy foods, odd attempts to
Prove faith beyond ritual,
The end of the week wafer,
Rather, logic, pivotal.
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Born into abuse,
Topsy was a fighter, an
Elephant, noble,
Majestic, and serene, who
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Sick of a king,
Fought a king,
Declared independence
From said king,
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2. 'Neath a dull, overcast, Selkirk sky,
3. Comprised of low-hanging clouds
5. I was startled by a doe jumping over gravestones,
7. And she was going for the gold.
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Contemporary
Of those we idolize now:
Stalwarts of wisdom,
Conquerors (mass killers) and
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Scrolling, participating in the lunch break conversation,
gaining the attention of a few coworkers while reading
aloud, 'booming industry of billionaires buying opulent bunkers.'
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Twice did (XVII) Dickens write,
Sickening him as it did,
This gross (XI) character
Pervading (II) London, noble
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Though never a fan
Of his work myself, it is
Unfortunate that
He never found his 'one true
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A body stolen
Near dawn, by those in the know,
Made it easier
To merit a myth that would
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