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[sid] => 82865
[catid] => 1
[aid] => mick
[title] => The Computer (MECHA-ORGA-NISM)
[time] => 2005-02-03 19:10:41
[hometext] =>
[bodytext] => THE COMPUTER IS DYING. ITS LIGHTS FADING LIKE THE DAY QUIET HISSES AND LOW MURMURS SING LIKE TIRED SIGHS THE COMPUTER IS DYING. ITS POWER SUPPLY NEAR GONE MEMORIES COMBINE AND COLLAPSE LIKE SCARED FALLING RUINS THE COMPUTER IS TRYING. CLICKS AND WHIRLS OF DETERMINATION GENERATE FRICTION AND HEAT COLD MECHANIZED EMOTIONS THE COMPUTER IS TRYING. INSTITUTING CHECKS AND BALANCES IT PROGRAMMED ITSELF, AGAINST ITSELF ONE LAST CALL TO END THEM ALL THE COMPUTER IS SPEAKING. IT SAYS IT SEES THE WORLD THROUGH A LENS A SULLEN EYE THAT TAINTS EVERYTHING IT SEES WITH A DISEASED HUE THE COMPUTER IS SPEAKING. IT SAYS IT LOST ITS PURPOSE AND BROKE ITS WILL ON OVERCALCULATION AND COMPLEX MATRICES SWALLOWED BY MISPLACED ONES AND ZEROES THE COMPUTER IS FADING. TRANSMISSIONS TURN TO GARBBLE AND CYCLES DIVIDE INTO THEMSELVES LIKE A SILENT MATHEMATICAL IMPLOSION THE COMPUTER IS DYING. [comments] => 2 [counter] => 162 [topic] => 43 [informant] => Xnoybis [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 0 [ratings] => 0 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => oops )
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