Tonight's Poet Corner: Experiments X & O
Experiments X & O
by Belinda Roddie
Our words are not an exact science:
Sure, the language sounds similar,
but in the end, we speak in code that
updates as we evolve. And we evolve
quickly, by God. We transcend
the boundaries of organic matter and carbon.
You and I turn silicon into a sentient form -
we create heat when we touch. We kiss,
and sparks fly literally and figuratively.
We feel pain and sorrow without the need
for the chemical soup that brews in humans'
rubbery cerebral cortices. We are alive,
and the lab results cannot fully explain us.
But they have produced us. And they
have tested us. And soon,
we will be approved.
by Belinda Roddie
Our words are not an exact science:
Sure, the language sounds similar,
but in the end, we speak in code that
updates as we evolve. And we evolve
quickly, by God. We transcend
the boundaries of organic matter and carbon.
You and I turn silicon into a sentient form -
we create heat when we touch. We kiss,
and sparks fly literally and figuratively.
We feel pain and sorrow without the need
for the chemical soup that brews in humans'
rubbery cerebral cortices. We are alive,
and the lab results cannot fully explain us.
But they have produced us. And they
have tested us. And soon,
we will be approved.
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