Poetry Drafts / 8 March 2017

Rusting

In the beginning there was The Robot

The concept and purpose(less|full) Robot

Hard ; polished steel ; oiled

In the end there was The Robot

Human ; inherited ; flawed

Rusting

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Written with some inspiration after reading chapter 1 of Holy Robot by Vasilina Orlova :

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About The Author

Hayden Veil

In an earlier incarnation, Hayden Veil enjoyed a successful career in software engineering, writing late-night poetry in pursuit of sanity. On 2 February 2020, the world of Hayden Veil changed: Ghosts became real and with its soul laid bare there was no turning back from the perpetual path of poetry.