Everything is happening at once
when everything that happened
is right in front of you to peruse
from top to bottom to top
from then to when to now.
An archive of every person’s life
who lived near a microprocessor
since about 1994
the sum total of human knowledge,
and terror, and joy
compiled in a city of servers
somewhere in Utah.
It has a mind of its own
an agency
and a consciousness
totally unlike a human, or any life.
It’s separate from people now.
It has minders, drunk on wealth,
these people
have the power only to make us panic
they watch and let it rampage.
they watch and let it rampage.
It’s heading nowhere at the speed of light
grab the reins
grab anything you can
grab anything you can
to force it to slow down
When I took a cutting edge computer course in 1994, I could not even conceive of what would transpire. “It’s heading nowhere at the speed of light.” Brilliant advice to students.
Thank you!