We buy machines (don’t know how they work);<\/p>\n\n\n\n
we plug in devices, to service our quirks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They hum and they light, we use them till broken;<\/p>\n\n\n\n
toss them into a pit, an omen unspoken:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
till a new device we implant within us<\/p>\n\n\n\n
smaller and smaller, like dust inside us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We begin to change, we click and we whir,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
we think of no one–I forget about her;<\/p>\n\n\n\n
she forgets me, but her machinery purrs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When I see her again, her eyes are unlit;<\/p>\n\n\n\n
like other machines we were flung in the pit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
We buy machines (don’t know how they work); we plug in devices, to service our quirks. They hum and they light, we use them till broken; toss them into a pit, an omen unspoken: till a new device we implant within us smaller and smaller, like dust inside us. We begin to change, we click…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n