Commentary and Philosophy Poetry posted March 1, 2023 Chapters:  ...17 18 -19- 20... 


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The mechanics of modern life

A chapter in the book Artificial Intelligence

Assembly Line

by estory

Assembling
Assembling products
Assembling products on the assembly line

As the preprogrammed,
Automatic press
Punches out the pieces
Punches together the parts
Punches in the serial numbers

In sequence after sequence after sequence
Around the clock,
Non stop.

Assembling
Assembling machines
Assembling machines that assemble machines

According to the preprogrammed
Automatic sequence
Punching out the schematics
Punching in the circuits
Punching together the components

All the way down the assembly line

Assembling parts
Assembling pieces
Assembling products
On the production line

As long as the power is on.



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More than anything else, this was composed as a musical exercise. I wanted to try and create a mechanical rhythm through repetitions of words and phrases, a steady, hammering rhythm reminiscent of a production line. There's also an attempt to comment on the soullessness of this kind of creation, the generic quality of it. Much of the style here harkens back to poetry from my second book of poetry, Patterns, which can be found in my portfolio. estory
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