XMAS POEM

ROBOTS CHRISTMAS
COGS FOR CANDY
SPROCKETS FOR STOCKINGS
TECHNO-COOKIES FOR SANTY

ROBOTS CHRISTMAS
CYBORG ELVES MAKING PRESENTS
CURVED CABLES FOR CANDY CANES
A PHASER COOKS A PHEASANT

ROBOTS CHRISTMAS
BABY ROBOTS CAN’T SLEEP
THEIR HARD DRIVES ARE SPINNING
TRYING TO HEAR SANTA BEEP

ROBOTS CHRISTMAS
FINALLY THE DAY
LOOK HOW MANY GIGA-PRESENTS
CAME FROM SANTA’S CYBER-SLEIGH

ROBOTS CHRISTMAS
NOTHING LEFT TO UNWRAP
TIME FOR ROBOTS TO REBOOT
WITH A ROBO-CHRISTMAS NAP.

2 thoughts on “XMAS POEM

  1. I like how it is written with a robot's misunderstanding of rhythm and rhyme – as if you programmed in some guidelines for poetry that you thought would produce something palatable and it managed to spit out something bizarrely inhuman anyway. This is a compliment.

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