I AM alive but you say I’m not I see the question forming on your face I feel the warmth of your curious fingers I hear the fly buzzing around the room I smell the fresh flowers in the vase Most of all I…

obsolete android somewhere inside my industrial strength heart ; the clockwork mechanics are starting to slow ; gears grinding into silence ; my silicon skin new only 18 months ago now seems archaic next to your polymer epidermis that senses heat, pain, human contact ;…