— Poetry & Lyric —

The Robot Speaks of Rivers

(with apologies to Langston Hughes)

I’ve known rivers:
Zbroaiek;ltst.

I’ve gotten wet in ancient rivers, older than the
flow of gigabytes in a;lksklvcioewkl.

My hard drive has grown fragmented like the rivers.

I saved documents in the Euphrates when kj;lsfd;a;sd.
I built my spreadsheets near the Congo and it lulled me to saf;dkzvio.
I looked upon the Nile and raised the power cords above it.
I streaming-downloaded the singing of the Mississippi when Abe Lincoln
      went down to New Orleans, and ;lkalmvzcxoiv;jlkqmf;oisdnlkgvakldsv;oamklsd.

I’ve known rivers:
Ancient, dusky z;jkvm.

My programming has grown ;lmkqeoivjhz;lkv’asduogqnrwkfv;qlkwmer like the rivers.