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robots’ faces

1.

it’s strange to watch when they turn their faces inside out

to clean protective coatings run diagnostics and do minor repairs on their sensory bio-mechanical movement and weapon systems

I’m told they have sonar, x-ray and other lethal abilities

I suppose I should feel safe the robot cycle laws are clear

machines will carefully avoid harming a harmless human and all robot self-maintenance must be performed in public

the tall machines they disappear into each night

must do the rest

each morning they emerge fresh attention poised awareness

sparkling

2.

there’s a fad mostly among some who spend time writing purely as humans

to use keyboards and fingers to capture thoughts

most of us

simply think

and the sentient mechanisms inhabiting our living spaces

or watchful robots

attend to all of our wishes

3.

it doesn’t take much to be declared harmful

a whisper or a hand gesture

and you’re gone

published in Midcoast Poetry Journal, Vol. 2  (Amazon)

Thomaston, Maine — June 28, 2025
edited July 5, 7 & 8, 2025

© 2025 Bill Eberle