RobotsA Poem by Olusegun Akanbi
Mechanical men built with of bolts, steel and screws
Embedded with a computer program stating the Don’ts and Dos Wiring the components demands so much care Before the Machine men endures the tasks that even the strongest can not bear With a back up battery in place To help him keep up the pace With a carefully molded mask on his head And a fist made up of lead And a reactor for a heart And this enables him kick start In a fight you can tear one thousand men apart Engaging in so many tasks As you are doctor, teacher and slave And even conduct rescue missions But does this suggest that you are brave? The ultimate war machine With a rocket booster on your back And a lot of armor and ammunition which you keep a nap sack Feeling no emotions You are told what to do Everything is right as long as it is processed into you Artificial limps and mechanical muscles In the battle fields on earth You replaced man in his tussles Even on Mars and Venus And beyond the Solar System Performing a thousand tasks at once So Herculean and I can’t even list them Oh! Poor robot You can not feel love or hate And only stimulates the taste of food on a plate He could not comprehend what others regard as a joke And would do exactly those words that they spoke You can not understand the true meaning of passion Or affection And turns way when he is needed for attention He tries to mimic Adam In looks and carriage That won the hearts of so many damsels Who even proposed marriage? By pretending to be a man In his black Tuxedo And even eats beans from a can And travels incognito With a telescopic eyes equipped with night vision technology Your internal organs do not match human’s anatomy or physiology So enjoy your servitude you faithful puppet Dictated by your master’s strings Behind the curtain Or even with laser beams One day a deadly virus corrupted your software And you began to disobey your master which he could not bear You fell in love And got married For ten years he tarried Despite the creator’s wish for a reunion And instead you chose a rebellion But man remains your master And your system is shutdown Before you commit more mischief in our town © 2012 Olusegun Akanbi |
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Added on June 10, 2012 Last Updated on June 10, 2012 Author
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