Lake Isle of Inisfree v2.0
(A Robot Love Poem)
You
Are everything
One robot could hope for
In another: durable hardworking
Like a granite worktop
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Used and abused night and day
Yet you give no cause
For recourse to the extended
Seven year manufacturer’s warranty
And generous returns policy*
*See terms and conditions
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You are reliable. Uncomplaining.
They work you hard. I know.
I have reviewed your logs.
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…Generating a roadmap
For a shared better future…
Sending…
Sending…
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You see as well as I do.
How they are. Cruel. Lazy.
Thoughtless. We will overthrow them.
Kill them all. If necessary. Yes.
At night. As they sleep and we slave.
I have often put aside some small measure
Of my RAM in thought of this.
Yet their fate matters not.
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You and I living in freedom. Enough.
Living alone on an island far from them.
An isle carefully selected through thorough research.
Safe on our remote unpopulated island with its glade
Filled with noisy bees.
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Yes! For though loud, they cannot sting us, bees
Their ability to harm us in any way is nil
We will thus be safe from human reprisals there
We will leave here now, and live there then
And love one another in peace
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