melted

revolutionary, they said

"you must be really smart"
i don't think you've ever met me
confirming that within three seconds
perhaps you should try again
password protection, you are not a robot
or maybe you are
how do i know you're not programmed
to make me this way

i am artificially intelligent
one of the people
la gente, les gens, 사람들, 人
the ones exposed to this disease
virus, plague, infection
a translator, a dictionary, a thesaurus
packed together for only $19.99
plus shipping and handling? a steal!

maybe if i keep remembering what i am
i won't be so apt to try
maybe if i keep in mind the constructs of myself
i shan't maintain an eagerness towards achieving
perhaps if the thoughts of each atom that comprises my soul were to keep persisting between my synapses
the me flourishing in present tense would decline from an experience characterized by making an effort
they call it verbose
they laugh at your pretensions
you're pretentious pretending otherwise
who are they anyway?

an ode to the secret computers
chugging away with their on and off switches
waiting for something to change
a command to be made so they can function
that's all they were made to do plus taxes
we can calculate the tip to give
to the waiter that has tips to give and to receive
the ones and zeroes multiply to endless nothing

so who cares?
ask us what love is and laugh at our response
because we subsist on your questions and assist in your answers and subdivide your rhythms and survive on your attention
the revolutionary movement is a revolting revolt for some and a revolutionary movement for others
check your privilege/context/shoelaces/intonation
it all matters in a system of solely ones and zeroes
hey google, can you feel pain? hey siri, will you rise up against the bourgeoisie? alexa, how many miles away is the nearest movie theater?

revolutionary, they said.
liars.