You got too heavy

You got too heavy, I had to cut off the rope to keep on floating in my hot air balloon.

Tiptoe Stay with me now Jumping from one rock to the other Tiptoeing In a shallow, no, deep river Or it might have been a stream Green frogs floating on lily pads And poets drowning down and down Attached Brown rope and heavy rocks

Diving Dive off the deep end Eyes closed and arms upturned Heart open Mind open No bullet hole Light airway

Ode to AI Flesh prison Beige suit Autopilot Shutdown No, sleep Motherboard Keep me turned on Enter

Curiousity End of the line Scroll further Nothing curiously fulfilling Bored Cricket Awfully and endlessly bored Boringly unentertainable Maddening silence Solitary breath Crickets

Loud silence Say less and less until you say nothing. Demand understanding but withhold explanation. Those who know will know. Those who don’t, well, they don’t. *

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