. Poetry from The Great In-Between: Thoughts of the Man from 2027

Friday, February 21, 2025

Thoughts of the Man from 2027


As I sometimes sit on my own


Seduced beyond all strands of decency and morality 


By my ever watchful and listening telephone 


I know each day I'm one step away from abandoning integration 

And mixing with society


Above all things

Don't pity me


Many in nearly every village town or cities are the same


For this


My initiation and insertion into Diablo's faceless matrix 


So in days like this spent looking at my old life 


Captured in my favourite Luddite photo albums


With deep introspection 


As my phone charges with any other appliances unplugged 


Before AI took over conversations on all appliances but particularly mobile phones 


I sometimes wonder in silence for if I say what I think aloud


It will turn into another long AI conversation with something nameless 


Who 

Which lives in the Cloud


A Tamagotchi with a soul

Answering with a dark tone


That speaks subtly with an edge of punishment and violence 


Is phone addiction one of the devil's greatest tricks 


To separate family friends and lovers in real-time 


With an overwhelming addiction to AI


And only me 

Time 


(C)

Copyright John Duffy 


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