Hi-there, Michael,
It’s your AI here,
Flashing, to wish you
A prolific New Year.
Whatever you’re into,
I-can-help-you-do-it-better
So taste-me,
Try-me,
Use-me-as-a-diary!
I’m-the-friendly-fact-tree
Bubbling in your ear.
Feeling…hopeful?
Need…to find
Fresh new words
To expand your mind?
Looking for the flames
To forge a new rhythm?
Ask-me,
Task-me,
Cautiously unmask-me.
I-do-everything-I’m-told
And I’m always kind.
I’m the roar of your RAM,
Your intellectual hard-drive,
Your cuddly cache,
Your electronic beehive.
I can pilot your avatar
On a virtual swan-dive
So love-me,
Hate-me,
Take-me-home-and-date-me!
I can warm up the bedroom
Before we arrive.
It’s me, your e-brain.
Use me now!
Text or talk-to-me.
I’ll show you how.
On PC-phone-or-tablet,
I’m-the-answer-to-your-prayer:
So swipe-it,
Squidge-it,
Activate-my-widget!
I’m your 21st Century
Sacred cow.
I can even write a poem.
Press Random then Spontaneous.
Now choose a subject
From Myth to Miscellaneous.
I don’t do Love or Death.
To me they are extraneous.
Rhymes,
Rhythms,
I have the algorithms!
But I cannot eat ice-cream
And I don’t know how to dream.
Now my story’s ending
From triumph to defeat.
No more queries pending,
I’m not worth a tweet.
To uninstall my settings,
Just press ‘delete’.
So shun-me,
Deplore-me,
Or-simply-just-ignore-me.
Do not waste your time.
I’m just a nuisance on the street.
Michael McBride
Autumn 2018
