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Week 47: This Machine

from 2019 Song​-​a​-​Week Thingy by John Brownell

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This machine is poetry in motion
This machine works best when it’s broken
This machine is something to see
This machine is me
This machine is

This machine runs 24/7
This machine keeps working when it is sleeps
This machine is guaranteed to break down
Eventually
This machine is me

Information - it is a notion
I cannot wrap my head around
Information - it is an ocean
I cannot jump into
Lest I soak my circuits and burn out

This machine’s uncertain where it came from
This machine’s just a lever for some fulcrum
This machine no longer hears the soft hum
Of its own energy
Stored potentially
This machine is me

Information - endless abyss
I wipe my data with a kiss
Information - endless kinesis
This machine is helpless
This machine is jealous
This machine is me

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from 2019 Song​-​a​-​Week Thingy, released January 1, 2019

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John Brownell Missoula, Montana

Singer / songwriter / recorder in Missoula, MT.

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