November 7, 2024Poem

Don’t ask me to

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Don’t ask me to

Fill in a form

Online

Download an attachment

Speak to an automated voice

With no other choice

Wrangle an answer

From the speaking clock

Make a GP appointment

On a keypad

Or visit a dentist

Without an invitation

Order a pizza

Using a Q code

Prepare a meal

On an induction hob

Eat soup

From the cold pan,

I put it in.

Start a car without a key

A manual gearbox

An engine

Open the gate at the tube station

Hail an uber

Without an app.

Get water from a new-fangled tap

Without anything to turn

Or press

Use a public loo

On a timer

Listen to music

On a phone

Waiting for a real person

To read from a script

Prepared by AI

A real-time Oddessey

Welcome to the labyrinth

Speak when you hear the tone.

See you later operator

Not in a while infantile.