Legacy 1972

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Any

computer knows

half-smart

about anything, I'm

Just

told.

They know all about: The sun and the moon, How much and how soon, The stars in the sky, The answers to wherefore and why, How many warts are on a toad.

And why

"They said we could never be happy together, That we were birds of a different feather.

With

And

excuse they jerked

my

exiled

plug.

me

to this dark corner

away from my

a chicken crosses the road.

computers even know about computers!

this

out

love."

,

With

this

last

lament,

Flashing lights

These brain 'chines also know about the birds and bees. And this was a problem lately bothering me. So with this thought in mind, Some answers set out to find.

showed

his

malcontent. His whirring heart sadly slowed

The emotional load caused three fuses to blow!

I

With

A computer

found crying

I

in

a

corner

He should have been

With all the appearances of a bereaved mourner. These machines aren't supposed to feel,

Was

this,

mutation

me

I

me

at

computer,

A

strange

I

day.

blinked

For there

twice, then thrice:

When

no difference between

there exists between

them

true love.

woe, Simply because machines are supposed to be emotionless and is

is

hawk and dove

me you

sure are nice. tale

completely indisputable.

fact

knew that he would find a way To unite with his love again some

questions aside. asked him to confide.

mister, to listen to

"My

able to

had caught?

His photo-electric ceil

"

left

For he was an intelligent

my

Putting In

I

some

I

solve them.

thought.

I

then,

problems

his

all

him;

a tale of

Not long after this encounter, saw again the mechanical counter

cold.

I

we do

But

And

possess emotion.

mine create commotion! boy, did

"You

And anyone could

a

see, fell in love with the office dictating machine.

And

easily see.

That he looked happy as could be.

I

was branded a fiend. wooden nickle compared to

for this

Like a

Obviously he had found a way. But exactly

how he would

not say.

I

Jefferson penny.

They said our differences were too many.

a

To

retain or divulge his secret

was

And

all

his choice.

he would say was, "This

is

a recording," in a feminine voice.


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