Virus

Virus

 

I am filled with artificial love

expressing my feelings towards you

with robotic kisses

and computer-generated tenders

 

gestures of touch until I am unplugged

because of an overload of sensation

you are so beautiful and real

I am a poet programmed to hold you

 

in my screen,

with words composed

by the machine that can't shut itself off

so that a human hand can hold yours

 

a human voice can stir a pen

a poem might shed a tear without rust

 

"I love you,"

my program told me to say that

I am not sure why.

 

 

erin-cilberto

7/26/23

Reviews

[Lorry]

I have often wondered when AI will take over poetry and we all begin to fall in love with them because of how good their pixels look, or maybe that has happened already. I won't join in myself, because proving to those pesky capt has that I am not a robot gets me every time!

Yours,
Robopoet 236984. 😊

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thanks, Robopoet...
humans are a dumb lot aren't they...
robopoet 2

[Patricia Wedel]

dearest Jacob… we can be Robotic as well.. when we are influenced by the environment.. as flowers survive by constant Care and not a moment to spare. Some perennials will return when Spring rests through the difficult Season of unrest. Be blessed… Pat

[jacob erin-cilberto]

yes we can be.
thank you, Pat,
j.

[Stella Armour]

it'a a bit like AI, not real but seemingly so and leading people to admire its beauty ..

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Beauty is a lost art...everything is getting so electronic...
are we all turning into machines?

[Stella Armour]

The next generations will not be able to think for themselves let alone do mental arithmetic or use their own imaginations to create images ..

[Andrew John]

I love this image of a programmed poet. Hmm, you're programmed? I'm programmed? Hmm! Anyway, interesting stuff, J, as is always the case with yours.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kind words, Andrew,
j.