a Trojan Horse

a Trojan Horse

spammers, spinners

spelunking for poems

with human caves cadavering 

tunnels winding through minds

of mindless falsification

the elements fighting to stay alive

as brains sag from the weight

of what poses as real

but traps us into depending

on caustic, plastic, polyester poeming

in future, real wording

will be obsolete

archeological digs

will find fossilized pens

ones that inked a heart's woe

against a foe

woe begotten

from robotic whims

the hers and hims

who let our genre decline

words hiding in a Trojan horse

slipping through the gate

of genius 

when our backs were turned

kidnapped our creativity

held us for ransom

until a race of poets

became extinct.

erin-cilberto

4/18/26

Reviews

[Chris Shaw]

How sad that poetry has become infected by machinery. It’s a disease. Everything I have written is a legacy for my grandchildren and their children. When I am a memory I hope they will recognize poetry from the heart, the poetry I was taught by my Grandfather Albert who inspired me as a nine year old. A lifetime of creative writing, often struggled with. Never at the push of a button. Wonderful write j.

Chris

[Lorry]

I too wonder what will be next Jacob, once writing becomes obsolete. The world is becoming more and more like a movie set akin to idiocracy, so I can only assume that what follows will be five star Michelin restaurants bowing to demands and having picture menus we just point at and grunt, because our next evolutionary step will get rid of critical thinking and we will all have pea-sized heads.
I only hope we don't end up thinkinking watering our food supplies with gatorade will be a wise move and all end up starving because we have sprained fingers from all the pointing at menus we do.
I seem to remember a time we were optimistic of the future, but I might have just dreamt that.
Whoever would have thought us old 'uns would be glad we are no longer young and facing such a dubious future of bleakness.
I would say more but I want to stop typing as I might want a snack later and have to protect those digits. Plus, im just about out of my thought allocation for the month!