tremors and terminators

tremors and terminators



complacent entropy,
static energy, faces erupting
expressionless

we are clones of the same factory
the apathetic machines grinding out
acceptance

harbingers of a disillusioned future
programmed synthesis of ideas
compartmentalized to survive

alone, together, alone...

alone
unfazed,
phased out.



erin-cilberto
2/3/17

Reviews

[Coyote Poetry]

I loved real poetry and real thoughts.
"harbingers of a disillusioned future
programmed synthesis of ideas
compartmentalized to survive
alone, together, alone..."
The above lines. Made me wish to know more. Thank you Jacob for sharing the excellent poetry.
Coyote

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you, Coyote...

j.

[Coyote Poetry]

You are welcome my friend.

[Lydia Shutter]

Are we phased out? Sometimes I feel like I have passed my "sell by" date, that's for sure! It does seem like original thought has fallen by the wayside through the years and because of technology, many do turn into clones. Apathy is sad....we thought we had stomped on it and ended it in the 60's. Good write, Jacob. Lydi**

[jacob erin-cilberto]

you will never pass yours, Lydi...you are still so active and so giving in so many ways...
read moreyou will never pass yours, Lydi...you are still so active and so giving in so many ways...

j.

[Lydia Shutter]

Thank you my friend!

[Ken Simm.]

Yes indeed. Is this progress? As always dear friend you get my little grey cells moving. There must be reasons for doing things as a human. Even this damn machine asks me to prove I am one. What if I'm not sure?
More than one meaning to the phrase phazed out. I prefer the one that comes from my hippy days.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

i just love humanness, and i too miss my hippy days.
thank you, Ken

[Paul Bell]

One day i was digging the field when i spotted a ox grazing. A thought occurred. Then i saw a horse.
Then machines came along. Now the machine does the field itself. I am now surplus to requirements.
That film isn't so dumb now.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

and we really needed anymore?

soon all that will be left will be the machines...it will be like Terminator....they are terminating the need for real human contact...

j.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your insights, Paul.

j.

[Paul Bell]

Think you're right. You see that with drones now. Push button war.

[Tony Jordan]

**CONSPIRACY THEORY ALERT**
I read once that American society's politicised zenith in the 60's so shook the establishment that they resolved to 'dumb' America down (save for the elite) via the education system.
Have they succeeded, by and large?
Thought provoking Jacob.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

perhaps they have, Tony....

thank you,
j.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

We stand by and watch as our Romes burn each and every day. Then the robots with AI take over. We watch Yemen and Syria and Somalia and Ukraine and homelessness on our streets, inner city and rural poverty and inequality and we do and say nothing. Frightening concept except it is true! You paint darkness in this one Jacob.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your words, John.

j.

[mercy party]

this had a Brave New World soma feel to it.
the "unfazed, phased out" line was ultra clever. Great poem man!

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your words, mercy...
j.

[Valentine]

Not alone, as we age many feel like this. Valentine

[jacob erin-cilberto]

yes, i guess many do, don't they?
thanks Kathie..

j.

[Corset]

apathy fuels the daily grind it seems, harder to engage, though while in it, alone seems more natural
when feeling apathetic.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your insights, Corset...

j.