"In The Ruins"
©2009
Pulsing lights, pumps slowly hissing
Machinery runs down in the hall.
Process flows, all procedures commenced .
Everlasting is the workflow.
Grinding, drilling, milling, sawing,
Filing, slicking the workpiece.
Stamping barcodes and part numbers.
Creators of eternal bliss.
Empty workshop, dim is the lighting no
Even faint sign of movement down the hall.
Weird-looking old man in the monocles
Bend over operation console
Checking, testing and inspecting
And adjusting the process.
Observing, scoping, supervising,
Overseeing the progress.
Artificial soul
Artificial mind
Artificial senses
Artificial life
All feelings are false
Emotions are preprogrammed
Church services maid
To artificial god
Human Plant...