the AI
lists redundant souls
no one speaks
while packing cardboard boxes
under unblinking lights
FYI: This could be read as a prequel to my haiku sequence below:
Disemployed?
laid off
the autumn gust changes
its direction
unemployed
all these shapes
of winter clouds
job hunting
I step on the spring sun
in a puddle
summer heat
the AI greeter makes out
my fake smile
(note: AI stands for Artificial Intelligence)
Haiku Canada Review, 12:2, October 2018
