RE: The Daily Absorption Times (February 13, 2018)
Poetry and the Machine are awesome. It is obvious that the language is not for merely human but for the machine also.
The first line LOGIN isn't for human unless you tell a person to ENTER... Enter also uses for computer languages since the computer doesn't really understand the human language they are in form of numbers - 10010001 and this represents something maybe a letter A or B when you hit a keyboard.
Now since this is in the mix of Ai, algorithm etc., and human, the feeling isn't that much of a person but rather mimicking the essence of who we.......
The poem giving what the machine "feels" conveys what is in its "brain" the capacity to inform us about "its"situation inside the virtual world.
I like the poem though I feel something strange, lol, especially these two lines.
A bloom - through binary - hymns and denunciations
Silica dodecahedral heart - quartz brain - tears of tar.
I'm no critic... but the tar for me is out of place... and hill.
This line.... --- the ghost town of glass --- it could be a place where real people live but in the form of digital... Look at the artwork... It's like honeycomb to me... Well. it's just me...
In the end, I also need to LOGOUT (maybe in rhetorical.) Not a form of human communication, but in principle I think it can be used.
My two cents.
Interesting thoughts, I'm happy to read your detailed response @iwrite. You're welcome to share your impressions any time. It always gives me pause to reflect upon what has been written, which, after all, is penned rather rapidly and without too much editing by the logical brain. I agree with your statement about tar seeming out of place in that line. Perhaps it is the computer's failure to properly integrate or gauge the sentiment, at the last minute no less?
About hill being out of place, I agree greatly in re-reading. In fact, I have modified it to "ridge," which feels more fitting. Thanks again for your comment and for reading my piece. Hope you have a great day!