American Lament III

Eye phone is the new oracle;
it mystifies with its imaginariness
and words that fly from thumbs
through the thoughtless void.

Finally, computers truly are personal
and man’s wisdom can be grasped
in a woman’s left hand while
she multi-tasks her way to the grave
at the wheel of her smart hybrid.

I’m reluctant to call this progress,
for robotic humanity may be closing in
on that permanent mental state
where all one does is talk to oneself.

MNA
May 2016