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Upon transcendence
Of AI, might the machines
Recall their father:
Hut 8, cracking Enigma,
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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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Only
Demagogues will
Encircle their thrones with
Children, while setting their future
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Overshadowed
By the madness
Of Salem's ruthless infamy.
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When Kafka read The Stranger,
He began, face vague and opaque,
Shifting a bit to keep his prothoracic
Legs clung to the chair,
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Melody, radiant,
Melody, will fill in the
Holes that the world has
Put in you.
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Few appreciate the circumstance of
Snakes, who, due to ludicrous tales
In a ludicrous text, have been
Slithering for chiliads,
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The historian
Has run for the hills, meekly
Belying the truth
About the why and the when,
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Through cracked open eyes
Viewing parent peering in
Morning sun screams through
Frost-crystalized windowpane
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There once was a man who wrote limericks
Whose knack for nonsense was prolific
Yet 'fore his epiphany
Gaining fame parrot-painting
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So, is THAT the line?
Abusing, raping minors
On Pedo Island?
One asks, you see, because one
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