splintered connections

splintered connections

 

 

i have become technical data

a confluence of intermediate terminals

endings of scarcely seen emotions

 

wisdom in the tip of a finger

but brain-dead knuckles no longer clenched

fighting the inevitable virus

is over

 

i have found my circuits

in permanent sleep mode

as is now my heart.

 

 

 

erin-cilberto

11/2/18

Reviews

[Jon Roggie]

Time to switch back to analog, and leave digital behind.
A scratched lp might hold your true meaning,
while a fresh cd loses a bit in the rendering.
Our best words,
we don't notice,
while still searching for that perfect one

Part of the reason to continue the story.

Jon

[jacob erin-cilberto]

i love even scratched vinyl so much better...thank you, Jon.
j.

[Lyn Anderson]

Sometimes we feel disconnected, frayed -- love and life -- never easy.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you, Lyn.
j.

[Gypsy Warrior Queen]

I hope it is the sweetest dream you ever remembered....sitting at your typewriter, deep in thought ...having laid out your greatest works in abundant stacks ....her fingers gently combing through the back of your hair as she whispers something in your ear...dazzles you with a bright smile and passionate eyes.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

i wish for "greatest works"---
we keep hoping to someday write the poem that might make our poetic name...but who knows if it will ever happen...Plath said that a year before her death...wrote her mom and said she was writing the best poems of her life...the ones that would make her name.

[Neville]

These fine words make me feel sad, but not alone... Surely, the hallmarks of a good poem, nah.. a very good poem, cheers jacob... Hit ctrl alt delete, it always works for.....

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for the kind words and advice...:)

j.

[Neville]

always a pleasure j.. :)

[Einstein Noodle]

".permanent sleep mode" ... :) maybe crashed due to malware but ... at least the mode may be restful once that decision is made :} ... seems so brain dead ...walking dead ...phones attached and eyes glued .. what we gonna do jacob!?
E.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

i don't know if there is anything we can do...it is what it is now...and i doubt we can ever go back.
thank you, E.
j.

[Einstein Noodle]

i think you are right sir ...maybe the techniques of Akido would work .. grab hold and help guide to where the intention is .... ohhh that's crazy isn't it ;)))))))))) i started confiscating my kids phones at the door when we had gatherings ;)

[Jimmy Yetts]

As we increasingly become appendages of AI, our humanity dwindles.
Welcome to the non-joys of robotic life!
Unsettling poem, Jacob.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you, Jimmy...appreciate your words.
j.

[Papaya]

Jacob, with the right algorithms programmed into the system we can prescribe the mood that suits you best so that your head and heart can take a vacation :)

that was a lousy review probably but for some reason it made me think of the hopelessness we face sometimes because as much as we think we are in control we are never fully. too many external factors.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

i love your review and the insights you always put forward...thank you, Ana.
j.

[Papaya]

you're welcome Jacob :)