ROBOT CRUSADES
Let’s accept the fact that among us
there are likely robots jellying their toast,
chipping ice from their windshields,
straining over the toilet in a thoroughly
“authentic” and “humanoid” manner.
My advice is to carry a penknife
and when you suspect someone
of robothood (a tic, a nuance, gives
him away), jab spryly with the knife.
Should you be wrong, a feather of blood
will appear; the wound will heal.
But should you be right (admittedly
it happens less often), you’ll have won
an important victory for our side.
"Robot Crusades" by Dan Pinkerton, from Gray Duck Press (which I run). 📚💙 #booksky. Available here: grayduckpress.com #smallpublishing