16.9.09

Since Sliced Bread


I woke up with

metal wheels at every joint,
pipe bones to clang on the bedstead,
a metal bucket head and boots,
left hand lost and gentle pincers as a substitute,
a scoop for the right, and a tick-tock heart.
I never imagined a fresh new
start would involve real spark plugs,
but better this bot
than a bug.
Hey, I should download that book...

2 comments:

Steph said...

I enjoyed this. It's like if Tom Waits from the future (after the robot apocalypse) wrote a little song about Kafka.

Mark said...

Thanks. :) That's a pretty much perfect analysis.